$40 Million Financing to Expand Renewable Energy in Mali

By Sanna Camara Communication & Renewable Energy Infrastructure (CREI), the energy division of Ieng Group, has secured $40 million in bridge financing to expand renewable energy systems for telecom towers in Mali. This financing is part of a larger $59 million investment by CREI and its financial partners to modernize Mali’s telecom energy systems. The […]

Mali’s Energy Deficit Forces High Dependence on Fossil Fuel

By Sanna Camara The energy supply deficit in Mali is a growing concern for development experts, as country grapples with high energy poverty that forces majority of its rural population to rely on fossil fuel sources for basic needs like daily cooking for tens of thousands of households. The African Energy Summit held in Tanzania […]

ROSATOM CEO Urges Africa to Embrace Nuclear to Overcome Energy Poverty, Industrialize

By Sanna Camara Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) this year is celebrating 80 years of existence. The industry started in 1954 with the commissioning of the first civil nuclear power plant in Russia. Rosatom Central and Southern Africa CEO, Ryan Collyer, described 2025 as “a monumental milestone” in the Russian nuclear industry, urging African […]

Africa Energy officials brief the press

$50Billion Backing from Global Partners Towards Energy Transformation

DAR ES SALAAM, January 28, 2025—Thirty African Heads of State and government today committed to concrete reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to power economic growth, improve quality of life, and drive job creation across the continent. The leaders pledged their commitment in a declaration during the two-day Mission 300 […]