Ikeoluwa Juliana Ogungbangbe

KEY POINTS Southern Africa’s foreign ministers left a retreat in Kruger National Park last week with a message that cut through the usual diplomatic language. Stop looking outside. The money …

Johannesburg’s mayor delivered his State of the City Address without explaining how the city plans to pay its R6.8 billion Eskom debt, drawing sharp criticism.

A new Nigerian accelerator is targeting $1 billion to scale 50 women-led energy businesses across Africa, where less than 1 percent of infrastructure finance reaches female founders.

A Liberian community organization has launched a solar electrification project across Carbadae communities in Sinoe County, providing solar lights, books and educational materials.

Liberia’s Press Union president has urged journalists to make energy sector reporting a priority, saying media coverage is essential to holding the sector accountable.

The African Energy Chamber has named Aliko Dangote its 2026 African Energy Person of the Year, recognizing his refinery’s transformative impact on Nigeria and African energy security.

Nigeria’s NDPHC has restored the 450MW Alaoji power plant in Abia State after a three-year shutdown caused by gas supply disputes and accumulated debt to TotalEnergies.

Nigeria’s non-oil exporters grew sales by 93 percent in five years but a logistics crisis scored just 12.8 out of 100 is trapping the sector’s best performers.

Kenya Power’s EV charging revenue has hit Sh382 million after electricity sales to the e-mobility sector grew 113-fold in under three years, signaling a mainstream shift.

ZESA Enterprises workers have accused their MD of chanting party slogans to intimidate staff, corporate fraud and reducing the parastatal to a one-man operation.