African Energy briefing report – AEF2023

Increasing pace and scale of Africa’s renewable energy projects

• Watch our data presentation: Africa power data: Sub-Saharan African trends and opportunities
• Article: Daunting amount of work remains to achieve SDG7’s universal access goal, new AEEP report shows
• Article: Renewables projects struggle to make progress on weak grids
• Suggested further reading (subscription required)

Africa’s Gas

• Article: Gas is still needed to underpin Africa’s energy transition
• Data analysis with trend graphics: Natural gas expected to account for 30% of Africa's energy mix in 2027
• Further Reading – requires a subscription.

Mining, Critical Minerals & Energy

• Map: Transition minerals and emerging technologies
• Article: Lindi Jumbo, Tanzania’s first graphite mine prepares for start-up
• Article: Battery supply chain challenges cause delays to projects across the continent
• Further reading – requires a subscription

Hydrogen – Africa’s Opportunity

• Data: How much power generation will be required to meet announced green hydrogen projects
• Map of green hydrogen and other Giga prospects in Africa
• Article: Egypt ‘harvests’ green hydrogen mega-deals in the COP27 marketplace
• Article: Hydrogen and renewables pioneers scramble for Atlantic sites
• Further reading – requires a subscription

Distributed Power & Commercial & Industrial Power

• Data analysis: Capacity of commercial and industrial plants due to grow 25% within two years
• Article: C&I backers see imminent shift towards a portfolio model
• Article: Utilities query whether a rising C&I tide can ‘lift all boats’
• Further reading – requires a subscription

Capital Flows & Risk Mitigation

• Article: Ghana agrees debt restructuring deal: History in the making or Groundhog Day?
• Article: Total’s positive security report could prompt restart of Mozambique LNG
• Article: Tinubu prepares to take charge of Nigeria amid formidable economic challenges
• Further reading – requires a subscription

Continental Trading

• Map: Africa-wide power transmission plans
• Article: New impetus needed to drive Sapp’s cross-border transmission model
• Article: Planners size up the scale of continent-wide transmission challenge
• Further reading – requires a subscription