Solar

Africa-focused solar home systems provider, Sun King (formerly Greenlight Planet), and the New York-based global bank, Citi, have collaborated to establish a scalable loan instrument to finance off-grid solar systems …

Ignite Power, a UAE-based solar solutions provider in Africa, has acquired the solar solutions portfolio of Mwezi, a Kenyan solar energy distributor. Mwezi has been operating in Kenya’s solar energy …

Kenya is definitely the king of renewables in Africa. It is 3rd place in the world for the proportion of its electricity from renewable sources, behind only Costa Rica and …

Kenya is constructing 136 solar-powered mini-grids in remote regions that are not adequately supplied by the national electrical grid, the country’s energy minister announced on 1st May 2023. Off-grid solar …

The Zambian company Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) is commissioning a solar PV plant in the Kitwe district. The plant, which has a capacity of 33 MWp, required an investment of …

Listed tea processing giant, Tanganda Tea Company has invested a total US$8 million in solar projects in a development that will cut off electricity costs for the company. The development …

Yellow is securing financing for the expansion of its activities in sub-Saharan Africa. The funding is a $5 million loan from Oikocredit, an impact investor based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. …

Kenya is constructing 136 solar powered mini-grids in far-flung areas not properly served by the national electricity grid, the country’s energy minister said on 27th February. Off-grid solar power, spearheaded …