World Bank Group, African Development Bank initiative could halve the number of people living without electricity in Africa By Timothy Machi The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group (AfDB) have unveiled a new deal to connect at least 300 million people in Africa to electricity access by 2030
By Timothy Machi The United States of America has strict guidelines that prohibit the World Bank from financing fossil fuels including LPG that is key to Africa’s transition to cleaner energy. In his Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (E.O. 14008, signed January 27, 2021),
Chiahanam Joseph Sustainable and clean energy is the future the world is driving into, but for Africa, the hope of this glory appears bleak as fossil fuel
Dear Urban Residents of Africa, International Day of Forests on March 21st, couldn't have fallen on a better day and month. East Africa is on fire! News reports show the government of South Sudan has indefinitely closed all learning institutions beginning Monday, March 18 due to the current heatwave
By Connor Dalen The deployment of nuclear energy in Africa will be key to the fight against climate change. Nuclear fission has been used to produce electricity since the 20th of December 1951, with the Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR I) in the US producing enough electricity to illuminate four
[Africa, February 8, 2024] wePlanet Africa, a grassroots organisation dedicated to tackling climate change and ending energy poverty, has launched a campaign to reduce the widespread use of charcoal as a source of cooking fuel across Africa. Through the “Reduce Charcoal” campaign, wePlanet Africa is urging Africans to sign an
By Sandra Afwande The demand of energy in Africa increases substantially as its population continues to upsurge. Most African countries have low rates of electrification with 62% of the population lacking access to electricity. (Majoroh, 2019). According to the report published by Statistica Science department in April 2023, Africa heavily relies
[Kampala, October 16, 2023] – RePlanet, a global grassroots environmental movement, has launched a continent-wide campaign to address the crippling energy crisis in Africa. Spearheaded by RePlanet Kenya and RePlanet Uganda, the ambitious ‘Switch on Africa’ campaign, campaign seeks
[Kampala, October 16] –Africa is a continent on the horn of dilemma. While it generates the least amount of greenhouse gases - at just 3.8 per cent against 23 per cent in China - it is the most vulnerable continent to the effects of climate change. According to the International
