Uganda Still Cooks Over Firewood. Could Chinese Stoves Change That?
While improved cookstoves are beginning to change cooking practices in Uganda, millions still rely on preparing meals over smoky open...
Africa
Biogas Cuts Firewood Use in Rural Zimbabwe
On the Mutare-Masvingo highway, about 40 kilometres outside Zimbabwe’s eastern border city of Mutare, a woman and a child carrying...
“The Injustice Is That We Are Being Asked to Transition from Energy We Never Had”
Esther Nyamekye Opoku is a Programme Officer at CORD Ghana (Centre for Opportunities and Rural Development), a civil society organisation...
El Niño Droughts Threaten Hydropower; Zimbabwe and Zambia Turn to Solar
The devastating El Niño-induced drought that crippled hydropower generation across Zimbabwe and Zambia has exposed the vulnerability of Southern Africa's...
Wildfires Are Becoming a New Threat to the Energy Transition in North Africa
Tunisia is experiencing one of its hottest summers on record, with temperatures approaching 50°C over the past two weeks. Combined...
Zimbabwe Civil Society Groups Rally Behind Buhera Residents Amid Lithium Mining Dispute
In 2023, while reporting on Zimbabwe's growing lithium industry, photojournalist Bernard Chiketo and I spent a day speaking with villagers...
Closing the Circle: How Morocco Is Building a Wind Energy Supply Chain
Along Morocco's Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines, rows of wind turbines stand as visible markers of a national strategy to reduce...
GH2 Warns Water Security Will Be Critical to Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Ambitions
Namibia's vast deserts, abundant sunshine and powerful Atlantic winds have positioned the country as one of Africa's most promising destinations...
Africa’s Mineral Bargaining Power
Africa has powered the world's clean energy revolution from below. It is only now learning to demand something in return....
The Power of Commitment: How Government Investment Accelerated Electrification in Tanzania
In 2000, only about 7 percent of Tanzanians had access to electricity. Today, that figure has grown to nearly 80...
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