Nigeria’s Energy Transition: Who Decides, Who Benefits and Who Pays?
Nigeria’s energy transition is presented as a flashy billion dollar investment project, with new age technology. But who actually captures...
Andrew Mambondiyani is a journalist based in Zimbabwe with bylines in local, regional, and international publications, including BBC, U.S. News and World Report, MIT Technology Review, Yale E360, The Telegraph, Al Jazeera, Mongabay, Vice, and The Daily Beast, among others. He has an interest in climate change, clean energy, agriculture, sustainable development, and the environment in general.
Nigeria’s energy transition is presented as a flashy billion dollar investment project, with new age technology. But who actually captures...
At night in Chitora, a small farming community about 50 kilometres south of Zimbabwe’s eastern border city of Mutare, the...
South Sudan is facing a deepening energy crisis despite the country having vast renewable energy potential. And the country remains...
The ongoing attacks by the United States and Israel in Iran have triggered serious ripple effects across global energy markets,...
When conversations turn to electric vehicles (EVs) in Africa, the narrative often swings between optimism and skepticism. Many people ask:...
In late February 2026, the Zimbabwean government made a bold move to ban the export of raw lithium with immediate...
In many African countries, it is still common to see old, battered buses servicing major cities, puffing out black smoke...
In 2019, renewable energy expert Eddie Cross told me that Zimbabwe’s quickest fix to its energy crisis would be solar....
Africa's clean energy sector is advancing rapidly, from solar-powered villages to large-scale wind and solar farms. Africa holds vast, underutilized renewable...
The Zambezi River Authority's Council of Ministers has approved a $220 million equity contribution from both the Zimbabwean and Zambian...
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