South African renewable energy company SOLA Group has begun supplying power from the continent’s first solar facility designed to sell electricity to multiple corporate buyers through SA’s grid. The ...

Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging ...

Norway’s Scatec has reached commercial operations of a 273 MW solar project in South Africa, the first to be completed from the country’s fifth bid window of its renewable energy procurement programme ...

In Sierra Leone, a motorcyclist pulls into a roadside station—not for gas, but to swap in a fully charged solar-powered battery. Across Nigeria, families flick on solar lanterns, children study after ...

South Africa’s cumulative solar capacity surpassed 9.4 GW by mid-2025, according to figures from the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA). The country also has a solar project ...

An abundance of sunlight, economies craving reliable power supplies, and a technology becoming massively cheap: Solar energy is widely recognized as an excellent solution for Africa. According to 2024 ...