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Market Report

Clean Cooking in Africa 2026: The 900 Million Access Gap and the Slow Transition From Wood to Clean Fuels

Approximately 900 million Africans lack access to clean cooking fuels, relying on wood, charcoal, kerosene, or other tra...

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Natural Gas and LNG in Africa 2026: Mozambique, Senegal-Mauritania GTA, Egypt Export, and the Transition Question

African natural gas projects represent the largest fossil fuel investments being made on the continent in the 2020s. Moz...

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African Carbon Markets and Climate Finance 2026: The Voluntary Market Credibility Crisis and the ACMI Opportunity

The African Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) launched with ambitions to scale African carbon credit issuance substantial...

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African Development Bank to Invest USD 58 Million in Eritrea Clean Electricity Expansion

The African Development Bank Group has announced a USD 58 million investment to expand clean electricity access and supp...

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Just Energy Transition Partnerships in Africa 2026: South Africa's USD 8.5 Billion Commitment, Senegal's Framework, and the Replication Question

Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) committed international climate finance to support developing country energy...

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Mini-Grid Developers Warn Mission 300 Target at Risk Without Faster Reforms

Key players in Africa's mini-grid sector have warned that the Mission 300 electrification initiative risks missing its 2...

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African Transmission and Power Pools 2026: WAPP, EAPP, SAPP, and the Regional Integration Opportunity

Africa's regional power pools (WAPP in West Africa, EAPP in Eastern Africa, SAPP in Southern Africa) coordinate cross-bo...

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Mini-Grids in Africa 2026: The Electrification Middle Ground Caught Between Ambition and Tariffs

Mini-grids occupy the middle space between grid extension and standalone solar: community-scale generation systems that ...

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African Utility-Scale IPP Market 2026: ACWA Power, Scatec, Globeleq, and the Private Generation Acceleration

Independent power producers have become the primary vehicle for utility-scale generation expansion across Africa, with A...

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African Battery Energy Storage 2026: The Missing Piece of the Renewables Puzzle

Battery energy storage is increasingly recognized as the technology that can unlock the full potential of African renewa...

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Off-Grid Solar and Solar Home Systems in Africa 2026: The PAYG Sector at Maturity

Seven operators (Sun King, Zola Electric, M-KOPA, Bboxx, d.light, Engie Energy Access, and Lumos) account for approximat...

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African E-Mobility 2026: Spiro's 80,000 Electric Motorcycles, Battery Swap Networks, and the Boda-Boda Transformation

Africa has approximately 25 to 30 million motorcycles serving as the backbone of urban and peri-urban transport, with ne...