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Nigerian TikTok star Charity Ekezie uses hilarious skits to dispel ignorance about Africa

Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula

Global cities compete to host AfricArena innovation summits in 2025

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the FutureBizcommunity.com

Africa Tech Festival 2024 saw some pushback against the traditional beliefs around affordable connectivity.

How our leaders are solving Africa's smartphone struggle #AfricaTechFestival

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Fiyinfolu Okedare is director at Forvis Mazars in Nigeria

Big benefits of investing in Africa's upstream sector

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Millions of urban Africans still don't have electricity: here's what can be done

Rebekah Shirley 23 Apr 2018

Kornelia Shilunga, Namibia's deputy mines minister

Namibian mineral exports generate N$23bn

Kuzeeko Tjitemisa 18 Apr 2018

Ghanaian startup crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner

Ghanaian startup crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner

16 Apr 2018

Proper water management key to viability of solar-powered irrigation systems

13 Apr 2018

Namibian Mines and Energy Deputy Minister, Kornelia Shilunga

Namibian women largely observers in mining

Albertina Nakale 11 Apr 2018

Nick Holland, CEO: Gold Fields

Gold Fields adds to its Ghanaian assets with stake in Asanko Gold

Allan Seccombe 3 Apr 2018

For youth in Tunisia mining region, it's 'mine or die'

23 Mar 2018

By JonStrand, CC BY-SA 4.0,

How local business innovation equips off-grid households with electricity

Patrick Greene 23 Mar 2018

Shell, ENI accused of negligence over Nigeria oil spills

Shell, ENI accused of negligence over Nigeria oil spills

19 Mar 2018

President of the DRC, Dr Joseph Kabila

DRC president vows 'constructive dialogue' over mining levy

12 Mar 2018

Special African energy report launched

Special African energy report launched

7 Mar 2018

African energy investment set to grow

African energy investment set to grow

Kieran Whyte 6 Mar 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: Be inspired by problems in Africa

#DesignIndaba2018: Be inspired by problems in Africa

Louise Marsland 26 Feb 2018

#AEI2018: Closing Africa's energy gaps

#AEI2018: Closing Africa's energy gaps

Danette Breitenbach 22 Feb 2018

Africa's gas market: Primed to boom

Africa's gas market: Primed to boom

2 Feb 2018

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

26 Jan 2018

New spotlight on media and digital at African Utility Week Awards

New spotlight on media and digital at African Utility Week Awards

26 Jan 2018

BizFin Focus 2018 - Attract more interest

BizFin Focus 2018 - Attract more interest

Bizcommunity.com 25 Jan 2018

Energy summit to kick off in Kampala this February

Energy summit to kick off in Kampala this February

24 Jan 2018

Key trends and women's advancement in energy at 4th annual conference

Key trends and women's advancement in energy at 4th annual conference

23 Jan 2018

Martin Kabwelulu, DRC minister of mining. Photo: Mining News

DRC revises mining code to make most of battery-driven cobalt boom

18 Jan 2018

Hydropower plays a massive role electrifying many countries. Photo: Shutterstock

New dams in Africa could add risk to power supplies down the line

Declan Conway 15 Jan 2018

Unauthorised gold mining in Cameroon reaps deathly toll

11 Jan 2018

Training workers to properly install solar panels at health clinics in Rwanda provides clean energy and creates green jobs. Photo: Walt Ratterman, Sunepi

#BizTrends2018: Africa's solar era is dawning

10 Jan 2018

Michal Kotzé, PwC Africa energy utilities & resources leader.

#BizTrends2018: Mining in Africa - a changing landscape

Michal Kotzé 9 Jan 2018

AFP / Ampe Rogerio

Fuel shortage in oil-rich Angola tests new president

28 Dec 2017

Unki Mine. Photo: Amplats

Amplats close to completing $62m smelter in Zimbabwe

Allan Seccombe 27 Dec 2017

Launching the Debmarine Namibia campaign.

Campaign promotes road safety in Namibia

22 Dec 2017

High voltage electrical pylons on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Why Kenya's push for nuclear power rests on false or fanciful premises

Brendon J Cannon 22 Dec 2017

Nigerian former minister of petroleum resources, Dan Etete. Photo: Sweet Crude Report

Eni and Shell to stand trial in Italy over Nigeria kickback scandal

Elle Ide 21 Dec 2017

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Kornelia Shilunga, Namibia's deputy mines minister

Namibian mineral exports generate N$23bn

Kuzeeko Tjitemisa 18 Apr 2018

Ghanaian startup crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner

Ghanaian startup crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner

16 Apr 2018

Proper water management key to viability of solar-powered irrigation systems

13 Apr 2018

Namibian Mines and Energy Deputy Minister, Kornelia Shilunga

Namibian women largely observers in mining

Albertina Nakale 11 Apr 2018

Nick Holland, CEO: Gold Fields

Gold Fields adds to its Ghanaian assets with stake in Asanko Gold

Allan Seccombe 3 Apr 2018

For youth in Tunisia mining region, it's 'mine or die'

23 Mar 2018

By JonStrand, CC BY-SA 4.0,

How local business innovation equips off-grid households with electricity

Patrick Greene 23 Mar 2018

Shell, ENI accused of negligence over Nigeria oil spills

Shell, ENI accused of negligence over Nigeria oil spills

19 Mar 2018

President of the DRC, Dr Joseph Kabila

DRC president vows 'constructive dialogue' over mining levy

12 Mar 2018

Special African energy report launched

Special African energy report launched

7 Mar 2018

African energy investment set to grow

African energy investment set to grow

Kieran Whyte 6 Mar 2018

#DesignIndaba2018: Be inspired by problems in Africa

#DesignIndaba2018: Be inspired by problems in Africa

Louise Marsland 26 Feb 2018

#AEI2018: Closing Africa's energy gaps

#AEI2018: Closing Africa's energy gaps

Danette Breitenbach 22 Feb 2018

Africa's gas market: Primed to boom

Africa's gas market: Primed to boom

2 Feb 2018

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

26 Jan 2018

New spotlight on media and digital at African Utility Week Awards

New spotlight on media and digital at African Utility Week Awards

26 Jan 2018

BizFin Focus 2018 - Attract more interest

BizFin Focus 2018 - Attract more interest

Bizcommunity.com 25 Jan 2018

Energy summit to kick off in Kampala this February

Energy summit to kick off in Kampala this February

24 Jan 2018

Key trends and women's advancement in energy at 4th annual conference

Key trends and women's advancement in energy at 4th annual conference

23 Jan 2018

Martin Kabwelulu, DRC minister of mining. Photo: Mining News

DRC revises mining code to make most of battery-driven cobalt boom

18 Jan 2018

Hydropower plays a massive role electrifying many countries. Photo: Shutterstock

New dams in Africa could add risk to power supplies down the line

Declan Conway 15 Jan 2018

Unauthorised gold mining in Cameroon reaps deathly toll

11 Jan 2018

Training workers to properly install solar panels at health clinics in Rwanda provides clean energy and creates green jobs. Photo: Walt Ratterman, Sunepi

#BizTrends2018: Africa's solar era is dawning

10 Jan 2018

Michal Kotzé, PwC Africa energy utilities & resources leader.

#BizTrends2018: Mining in Africa - a changing landscape

Michal Kotzé 9 Jan 2018

AFP / Ampe Rogerio

Fuel shortage in oil-rich Angola tests new president

28 Dec 2017

Unki Mine. Photo: Amplats

Amplats close to completing $62m smelter in Zimbabwe

Allan Seccombe 27 Dec 2017

Launching the Debmarine Namibia campaign.

Campaign promotes road safety in Namibia

22 Dec 2017

High voltage electrical pylons on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Why Kenya's push for nuclear power rests on false or fanciful premises

Brendon J Cannon 22 Dec 2017

Nigerian former minister of petroleum resources, Dan Etete. Photo: Sweet Crude Report

Eni and Shell to stand trial in Italy over Nigeria kickback scandal

Elle Ide 21 Dec 2017

Isabel dos Santos

Angola oil giant probes Isabel dos Santos graft claims

21 Dec 2017

Photo: Better Diamond Initiative

Kimberley Process on conflict diamonds is failing, says Impact

18 Dec 2017

Own space on the biggest multi-industry B2B news site in Africa?

Own space on the biggest multi-industry B2B news site in Africa?

Bizcommunity.com 13 Dec 2017

Off-grid power goes mainstream for financing

13 Dec 2017

Investors turn against fossil fuels at Paris climate summit

13 Dec 2017

Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Photo: Egypt Today

Cairo, Moscow sign contract for Egypt's first nuclear plant

12 Dec 2017

Kapichila hydro power station. Photo: Afriem

Drought behind worsening power outages in Malawi

11 Dec 2017

Changing the renewable landscape in West Africa

Changing the renewable landscape in West Africa

8 Dec 2017

Vera Songwe, European Union Economic Commission for Africa’s executive secretary

Africa needs energy to grow

7 Dec 2017

SRK's Andrew van Zyl and Marcin Wertz

Mining in Africa: Take a calculated risk

5 Dec 2017

Photo: Oil Change International

Shell 'liable for rights violations' in Nigeria: Amnesty

29 Nov 2017