R2.2 trillion. That’s not a typo, and it’s not a number South Africa throws around lightly. That’s the size of the investment pipeline South Africa just put on the table in Beijing, and it tells you exactly how serious the country’s power crisis has gotten, and how far it’s willing to go to fix it….
There’s a special kind of irony in owning the biggest oil refinery on the continent and still not getting enough oil. That’s Nigeria’s problem right now, and the government finally seems to be doing something about it. Nigeria runs on something called the Domestic Crude Supply Obligation, a rule that says local producers have to…
Two million dollars sounds small until you realise what it’s actually buying: proof that a business model works. And in rural electrification, proof is worth more than the check. The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved a $2 million reimbursable grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to support development…
Four Ugandan farmers have filed a case at the High Court in London against EACOP Ltd, the UK-registered company behind the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. Their lawyers, from the London firm Leigh Day, are asking English judges to apply Ugandan constitutional, environmental, and climate law against a company incorporated in England and Wales. If…
New data from a Wall Street Journal report says EV batteries are ageing way better than the industry predicted degradation rates that used to justify panic are now closer to a rounding error. For African buyers who’ve been burned by every “miracle import” before, that’s either genuinely good news or another spec sheet promise waiting…
Libya’s National Oil Corporation just announced three fresh oil and gas finds one offshore with Italy’s Eni in Block D, one onshore in the Murzuq Basin with Spain’s Repsol, and one in the Ghadames Basin near the Wafa field with Algeria’s Sonatrach all coming out of 2008-era Exploration and Production Sharing Agreements, and all signaling…
In a previous article, I wrote about the five best power banks that could survive Africa’s grid. You can check the article via this link Blackout-proof your hustle with 5 power banks tough enough to survive Africa’s grid (And the World Cup) – Origin Africa 365. Power banks handle your phone and all those USB…
Honestly, since the World Cup kick-started, I’ve missed a lot of matches, and I imagine that it’s the same story with hundreds and thousands within my community. Electricity remains a major problem for Africans. Personally, since I’m always out, I prefer to follow up with matches on my portable devices rather than a regular TV,…
Diplomats and policy experts gathered in New Delhi this week with a message for Africa and India: the global order is shifting, the old boys’ club at the top is getting crowded, and if these two regions don’t lock in a serious partnership around solar energy, critical minerals, space technology, and skills, someone else will…
Rwanda just did something landlocked countries rarely get to do: it picked a supplier. Not begged for one, not settled for whichever port answered the phone first. It weighed Tanzania against Kenya and told Tanzania, politely, “It’s not you, it’s your dwell times.” Somewhere in Yaoundé, I felt that. Because Cameroon isn’t landlocked, but half…
