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Djibouti inaugurates first wind farm, pioneering renewable energy ambitions

11 Sep 2023

Why DRC mines need collaboration for water stewardship

Why DRC mines need collaboration for water stewardship

By Susa Maleba and Wouter Jordaan 28 Jul 2023

Energy transition driving unprecedented growth in critical minerals market - report

Energy transition driving unprecedented growth in critical minerals market - report

14 Jul 2023

Fishermen catching near windfarms. Source: Tran le Tuan/Pexels

The world needs hundreds of thousands more offshore wind turbines - where will they all go?

By Hugo Putuhena, Fraser Sturt and Susan Gourvenec 7 Jul 2023

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

By Kieran Whyte et al. 26 Jun 2023

Senegal seals €2.5bn green energy deal with richer nations

Senegal seals €2.5bn green energy deal with richer nations

By Elizabeth Pineau and John Irish 23 Jun 2023

File photo: A vehicle carries untreated phosphate after being dropped off on a mountain at a phosphate mine at Boucraa factory of the National Moroccan phosphate company (OCP) situated in the southern provinces, 100km southwest of the town of Laayoune 18 February 2016. Reuters/Youssef Boudlal/File Photo

Morocco's OCP plans $7bn green ammonia plant to avert supply problems

20 Jun 2023

Eni bets on agribusiness in Africa to expand biofuel production

Eni bets on agribusiness in Africa to expand biofuel production

By Francesca Landini 1 Jun 2023

#EnlitAfrica2023: Technology key to Africa's just energy transition

#EnlitAfrica2023: Technology key to Africa's just energy transition

18 May 2023

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

By Sindy Peters 16 May 2023

Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up Bayelsa oil spills - report

Nigeria needs $12bn to clean up Bayelsa oil spills - report

By MacDonald Dzirutwe 16 May 2023

Roland Adjovi, a producer of Ecolo coal, transforms plant waste into bio charcoal at his workshop in Cotonou, Benin, 27 January 2023. Reuters/Charles Placide Tossou

Benin entrepreneur transforms plant waste into charcoal

By Pulcherie Adjoha and Seraphin Zounyekpe 22 Feb 2023

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

By Helen Reid 14 Feb 2023

Organisation of African Geological Surveys, AU sign MoU to promote development in Africa

Organisation of African Geological Surveys, AU sign MoU to promote development in Africa

9 Feb 2023

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