South Africa’s electricity system is changing. After years of blackouts until 2024, the state-owned energy company Eskom is being unbundled into smaller companies, and the sector is increasingly open ...

In several rural communities across Nigeria, workers have recently begun installing rows of solar panels beside clusters of homes and small businesses. The installations are not connected to the ...

A new basic solar grant made electricity more affordable for families in the Qandu Qandu shack settlement in Cape Town, South ...

The Federal Government has unveiled a 505kW solar mini-grid in Epe, Lagos, and plans an additional 5MW expansion to boost ...

The site of the solar mini-grid project at Kipsing location in Oldonyiro ward, in Isiolo County, on May 15, 2026. [Ali Abdi, Standard] Villagers from 14 underserved counties have reason to smile ...

Enphase Energy just launched a new off-grid system that lets homeowners power their homes without a utility connection – even for extended periods. The California-based Enphase says the off-grid setup ...

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When an early warning system designed to alert operators across Europe about disturbances on the grid was rolled out a decade ago, the predominant color showing on the on-screen maps was green. Safe ...

An international research team has found Cameroon exhibited a slow but obvious move towards equitable electrification between 2015 and 2024, with an increased focus on distributed renewable energy ...

Benin’s government has reaffirmed its intention to make renewable energy the main source of the country’s power supply by 2030. Access to electricity in Benin remains both low and highly uneven: ...