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Strong and agile partnerships have been key to unlocking climate progress and sustainable development objectives. Today, a new collaboration emerges: we are delighted to announce… Read More »Power for All joins CLASP

Across sub‑Saharan Africa, 565 million people still live without electricity, and progress towards universal access has stalled. Affordability remains one of the biggest barriers: most unelectrified households cannot… Read More »Lighting a path to affordability – the viability of Energy as a Service

The African Energy Commission of the African Union (AFREC) is pleased to have officially launched the Africa Sustainable Development Goal 7 Report, providing a comprehensive, data-driven… Read More »AFREC launches Africa SDG7 report

Izili Group, a leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) off-grid energy and digital social business, backed by BioLite, its majority shareholder since May 2025, announces the acquisition of… Read More »Izili Group acquires Qotto and strengthens its pan-African expansion in off-grid energy

The Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) officially released the Africa Solar Outlook 2026 on 14 January 2026. This comprehensive report is now available for download. This landmark… Read More »AFSIA launches Africa Solar Outlook 2026

Although cash sales and PAYGo models have provided Tier 1 electricity access across rural sub-Saharan Africa, they remain unaffordable to, and are not reaching, the… Read More »The Role of Energy-as-a-Service in Universal Access – Webinar Series

Locally-owned and women-led enterprises in emerging markets, often lack equitable access to funding and support needed to scale their operations and create greater impact. Just… Read More »60 Decibels Inclusive Opportunity to support African off-grid start ups

Acumen announced today its Hardest-to-Reach Initiative (H2R)  secured a total of $250 million in blended capital to expand clean energy access across sub-Saharan Africa, reaching its target… Read More »Acumen’s Hardest-to-Reach Initiative reaches target raise of $250m

Ignite Energy Access today announced the launch of the largest procurement tender ever issued in the distributed renewable energy (DRE) sector, initiating a process to source more than… Read More »Ignite announces largest tender in the history of the DRE Sector to supply over 1m systems across Africa

The Trade and Development Fund (TDF), the concessional arm of Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group), and the World Bank Group (WBG) have signed… Read More »TDB and World Bank sign five new grant agreements under the ASCENT programme