Practical Action Southern Africa has embarked on an ambitious initiative to facilitate access to basic energy for rural communities in Zimbabwe by 2030
Power Generation
Providing power and generating good business
A common problem facing equipment managers is – rent or purchase? And in Africa, where power supplies so frequently fail, the dilemma concerns costly diesel generators more than most
Power sector reforms crucial to South Sudan’s growth
As South Sudan gets on its feet, it has to grapple with rising power challenges prompted by rising population and industrialisation
Geothermal and power pooling across East Africa
As Kenya’s economy grows, the country has found itself looking to meet rising demand for power by developing geothermal power to cushion the fragile hydropower generation, which supplies more than 60 per cent of the national grid
SA coal-fired power station edges closer to completion
South African power utility Eskom has said that the first unit of its Medupi coal-fired power station will be installed by the end of the year