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Source: © Mozambique Mining Journal Africa is set to lead global natural gas demand growth at a rate of 3% annually – the fastest worldwide.

9th Global Gas Outlook 2050 highlights Africa’s natural gas potential

Source: © First Mining DRC-Zambia The Longonjo Mining Project in Angola, one of the projects the government is promoting investment into

Angola ramps up mining projects to unlock its industry potential

Jean-Pascal Tricoire, global chairman of Schneider Electric, says Africa's energy transition must not only focus on increasing the supply of green energy but also on transforming demand (Image supplied)

Africa shows great potential in sustainable energy milestones

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Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed

Somalia will honour legacy oil & gas

10 Sep 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Global investment in renewables to hit $2.6trn

6 Sep 2019

New logistics barometer to assess industry performance

New logistics barometer to assess industry performance

5 Sep 2019

Smart cities will depend on faster adoption of 4IR

Smart cities will depend on faster adoption of 4IR

Taru Madangombe 3 Sep 2019

Gabon on track to increase oil production

Gabon on track to increase oil production

30 Aug 2019

Area 4, Rovuma Basin, Mozambique

Oil & gas set to be the backbone of African growth

28 Aug 2019

African LNG market to attract $103bn in 2019

African LNG market to attract $103bn in 2019

26 Aug 2019

Robert Lucian Crusitu/Shutterstock

Fossil fuel extraction could be contributing to climate change by heating Earth from within

Rizwan Nawaz & Adel Sharif 23 Aug 2019

Ghana's pact with China to explore bauxite threatens a unique forest

Ghana's pact with China to explore bauxite threatens a unique forest

Alfred Oteng-Yeboah 22 Aug 2019

Equatorial Guinea to build West Africa's first LNG storage and regas plant

Equatorial Guinea to build West Africa's first LNG storage and regas plant

21 Aug 2019

Maguga Dam is one of the hydro power projects in Eswatini

Eswatini moves forward with renewable energy plans

Koketso Lediga 20 Aug 2019

Chiboni Evans, CEO of the South African Electrotechnical Council

Energy still a key challenge to African industrialisation

19 Aug 2019

Jean-Marc Thystère-Tchicaya, minister of hydrocarbons of the Republic of Congo

Oil discovery a game-changer for Congo

16 Aug 2019

Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG development. Photo credit: BP

Senegal on the cusp of an energy renaissance

Sebastian Wagner 8 Aug 2019

Cotonou, capital of Benin

Benin bolsters West African LNG market

Mickael Vogel 7 Aug 2019

Climate change emerging as a legal liability risk for lenders in SA

Climate change emerging as a legal liability risk for lenders in SA

7 Aug 2019

Albertine Graben region in Uganda

Uganda looking for growth from second licensing round

6 Aug 2019

Electricity pylon. Wikimedia Commons

Lessons to be learnt from Ghana's excess electricity shambles

Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie 5 Aug 2019

The atmospheric tower destined to the Dangote Refinery in Nigeria. Image: The Gaurdian, Nigeria

Jobs and revenue: The potential of downstream development in Africa

5 Aug 2019

An artisanal mine. Fairphone/Flickr

The way that minerals are mined affects conflict in eastern Congo

Marijke Verpoorten, Nik Stroop & Peter van der Windt 30 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

World's largest single-site solar project begins commercial operations

World's largest single-site solar project begins commercial operations

12 Jul 2019

Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia wins 2019 Ashden Award

Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia wins 2019 Ashden Award

4 Jul 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Zimbabwe pays part of its electricity bill to Eskom

3 Jul 2019

A worker makes coal chips for combustion in Calcutta. India’s demand for energy is growing fast. EPA/PIYAL ADHIKARY

Retire all existing and planned fossil fuel power plants to limit warming to 1.5°C

Marcelle McManus 3 Jul 2019

SA's green tech startups rebooting the green economy

SA's green tech startups rebooting the green economy

Terry Billson 2 Jul 2019

Aerial view of Kariba dam. Dmitriy Kandinskiy/Shutterstock

Quick-fix solutions to Zimbabwe's huge electricity crisis

Moina Spooner 2 Jul 2019

The coal plant would be about 20km from Lamu town - a Unesco world heritage site. Shutterstock/Jen Watson

Court stops construction of Kenya's coal power plant. Here's why

Moina Spooner 1 Jul 2019

Kamoto Copper Company. Photo: Wikipedia

Illegal miners die in DRC mine collapse

28 Jun 2019

SingularityU South Africa Summit 2019 set to #futureproofAfrica

SingularityU South Africa Summit 2019 set to #futureproofAfrica

25 Jun 2019