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• Africa Focus: news and issues analysis (Washington, DC)
  • "This website, edited by William Minter, features high-quality analysis and progressive advocacy on African issues, with particular attention to priority issues affecting the entire continent."
  • Climate Change and the Environment, 2015--
    
  • "Africa/Global: Whose Energy." (May 2017)
    
  • "Carbon trading deceptions." (Dec. 2011) ; "Renewable energy rising rapidly." (July 2011)
  • "South Africa: coal-fired denialism." (March 2010)
  • "Africa: wind power in global context." (Oct. 2009) ; "Africa: home grown wind power." (Oct. 2009) ; "Africa: green power for mobile." (Oct. 2009)
  • "Africa: whose energy future?" (Oct. 2005)
• African business. (Online) -- London: IC Publications, 2011-
  • Search for "energy" ; see also, "Special Reports" on:
  • AB on Energy (Selected articles published since September 2011)
    
  • Oil: Winners and Losers (March 2, 2015)
    
  • Renewables: Africa's bold gambit (March 10, 2014) ; Ghana's energy deficit saps economic strength (June 2014)
    
  • Mozambique, Tanzania lead African charge [natural gas] (March 20, 2013) ; and, East Africa moves into oil mainstream (Nov. 2013)
  • Energy "features" (March 2012-May 2013)
  • Search for "Oil and Gas" (2011-2015)
• All Africa.Com on Energy (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
  Current and recent news in brief on Africa in English or French from African newspapers and journals, the Pan African News Agency (PANA), UN news services, and non-African sources.
  Warning: the searchable archive for articles older than 30 days is only available through subscription.
  --See also: All Africa.Com on Mining -and- Petroleum
• Alternative Energy Africa (Cairo, Egypt; Houston, Texas, USA)
  "Launched in January 2008, AEA is a Petroleum Africa publication which seeks to fill the energy information gap in Africa...a forum for stakeholders to engage each other in discussions about this industry...
• Business day. (Online): West Africa Energy -- Lagos, Nigeria: BusinessDAY Media Ltd, 2005-
• Clean Power Africa: Industry News (Spintelligent, Ltd., Steenberg, South Africa)
• The East African. (Online): Business -- Nairobi, Kenya: The Nation Media Group, 2001-
  Search for "energy"
  
• Energy for Africa. (Online) -- Rueil-Malmaison, France: Association pour le Développement de l'Energie en Afrique, 2008--
• Creamer Media's Engineering news. (Online): Energy -- Garden View, South Africa: Creamer Media (Pty) Ltd., 2005-
  The online version of the weekly business and industry news magazine, featuring current news stories and profiles only--access to archives requires a subscription.
  --See also: Electricity
• EnviroNews Nigeria (Lagos, Nigeria)
  A "portal" news site for environment and development issues from Nigeria and the world. "...a partner organisation with the Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN), and member organisation of the Climate and Sustainable Development Network of Nigeria (CSDevNet) as well as the African Network of Environmental Journalists (ANEJ)."
• Ernst & Young on African Energy (New York, USA)
  
  • "EY research points to a green energy future for South African mining companies," January 29, 2021
  • African Oil and Gas: Driving Sustainable Growth (April 2014) 12 pages in PDF format; via Trade Law Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa
    
• Esi-Africa.Com (Spintelligent Ltd., Steenburg, South Africa)
  A portal for the African power industry, offering news briefs and event information, plus an archive of the online version of the ESI-Africa magazine (since 2005). Access to the archive requires a subscription.
• Journal of energy in southern Africa. (Online) -- Cape Town, South Africa: South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation; University of Cape Town, 1990--
  
• Liaison énergie-francophonie. (Online) Institut de l'Energie et l'Environnement de la Francophonie. -- Québec, Canada : Institut de la Francophonie Pour le Développement Durable, 1996-
• Le Maghreb émergent: Energie (Algiers, Algérie)
• Petroleum Africa. (Online)--Excerpts -- Houston, Texas: Petroleum Africa Magazine, Inc., 2003-
  Subscription and log-in required to view full text of current and back issues.
• Premium Times: Oil/Gas Reports (Premium Times Services Ltd., Abuja, Nigeria)
• SciDev.Net: Climate Change --and-- Energy (London, UK)
  "SciDev.Net, the Science and Development Network, is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing reliable and authoritative information about science and technology for the developing world."
• Water-Technology.Net (Net Resources International, SPG Media, Ltd., London, UK)
  • Warning: this is an industry promotional site. Water technology industry news and publicity.
  • Aswan High Dam, River Nile, Sudan
  • Bui Dam Hydroelectricity Project, Bui National Park, Ghana
  • Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project, Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia
    
  • All current and recent projects in Africa

Central Africa

• Burundi
  --See especially: REGIDESO-Régie de production et de distribution d'eau et d'électricité
• Cameroon (L'Eau et l'Energie)
• Congo
  --See also: Hydrocarbures
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon

Eastern Africa

• Ethiopia (Water & Energy)
  --See also: Mines
• Kenya
  --See also: Petroleum and Mining -and- Energy Regulatory Commission
• South Sudan
  --See also: Petroleum
• Sudan
  --See also: Water Resources & Electricity
  
• Tanzania
• Uganda -- Petroleum Exploration and Production

Indian Ocean

• Madagascar
  
• Mauritius

North Africa

• Algeria
• Egypt: Electricity and Renewable Energy ; Petroleum
• Libya
  --See also: National Oil Corporation
  
• Morocco
• Tunisia
  --See also: Office National des Mines

Southern Africa

• Angola (Energia e Aguas)
  --See also: Recursos Minerais, Petróleos e Gas ; Instituto Nacional de Petróleos
• Botswana (Mineral Resources, Green Technology, & Energy Security)
• Malawi
• Namibia
• South Africa
  --See also: Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa
• Swaziland
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

West Africa

• Bénin
  --See also: Bénin--Energie: Programme d'électrification
• Cape Verde
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Ghana
  --See also: Ghana's Mining Portal
  
• Guinea
  
• Guiné-Bissau
  --See also: Nobas di Guiné
• Liberia
• Mali
  
• Mauritania
  
• Niger
• Nigeria (Federal Ministry of Power)
  --See also: Energy Commission of Nigeria ; Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission ; Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources ; Lagos State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources ; National Research Institute for Chemical Technology ; Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ; Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission ; Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority
• Senegal
  --See also: Industrie et des Mines--Direction des Mines et de la Géologie
  
• Togo

• ADEA: Association pour le Développement de l’Energie en Afrique ( Rueil-Malmaison, France)
  
  • L'Energie en Afrique à l'Horizon 2050 Sous la direction de Jean-Pierre Favennec. -- [Paris, France]: Agence française de développement et la Banque africaine de développement, 2009. 84 pages en format PDF
• AFREPREN/FWD--Energy, Environment and Development Network for Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)
  "...brings together African energy practitioners, professionals, researchers, investors and policy makers from Africa who have a long-term interest in the development of cleaner energy services for Africa as well as energy research/capacity building and the attendant policy-making process."
  --AFREPREN/FWD Publication Listing
• Africa Energy Forum 2023  (London)  
  Held on June 20-23, 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya
  
• Africa Energy Forum, June 25-28, 2024, Barcelona, Spain (EnergyNet Ltd., London, UK)
  
  
• Africa Energy Indaba, March 4-6, 2025, Cape Town, South Africa.  Co-sponsored by the South African National Energy Association (SANEA) in association with the World Energy Council, and supported by the African Union.
  
  
• Africa-EU Energy Partnership (2014) (Eschborn, Germany)
  
  • Sustainable Energy for All--2020 Targets of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP)
• Africa Progress Panel: Lights, Power, Action: Electrifying Africa. (2017) (Geneva, Switzerland) 116 pages in PDF format ; via africa50.com
  "...a follow-up to the Africa Progress Panel’s annual flagship report: Power, People, Planet: Seizing Africa’s Energy and Climate Opportunities. (June 2015).
  --via Clean Cooking Alliance.
  
• African Development Bank: Energy and Power (Tunis, Tunisia ; Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  • Africa Energy Portal
    "Launched in November 2018, the AEP focuses exclusively on Africa, serving as a repository for accurate and relevant information and data across the energy value chain."
    -- Country Profiles
    -- News
    
    -- Reports
  • Power Africa Initiative (US government program in cooperation with ADB)
    
  • Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa
    
  • Search ADB Documents
• The African Union (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  • The African Union on Infrastructure and Energy Development (Current documents and news; plus, searchable archive of selected documents)
    • Department of Infrastructure & Energy (2023)
      
    • "African Ministers Adopt Landmark 'Cairo Declaration' on Infrastructure," April 17, 2019
      
    • Energy & Infrastructure Treaties
• Atlas of Africa Energy Resources (2017)  (United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya ; African Development Bank/ICA--The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) 342 pages in PDF format
  
• Chatham House on Environment & Society--Publications  (London, UK)
  • "Financing an 'African' just transition." (August 26, 2022)
    
  • "From sea to shining sea?: Africa's expanding energy landscape." (November 2012) By Alex Vines
  • "Thirst for African oil: Asian national oil companies in Nigeria and Angola" (August 2009) By Alex Vines [et al.] 74 pages in PDF format
• Clean Cooking Alliance (Washington, DC)
  • "...a public-private partnership hosted by the UN Foundation to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions."
  • Reports on Sub-Saharan Africa
• Clean Energy 4 Africa -- Blog (Nairobi, Kenya)
  "A youth-led think-tank that promotes renewable energy in Africa."
• Columbia University, School of International & Public Affairs, Center on Global Energy Policy (New York):  Potential for Regional Use of East Africa's Natural Gas (May 2014)
  By Prof. Vijay Modi et al., The Earth Institute. 52 pages in PDF format
  --See also: All CGEP Research Projects
• Corporate Council of Africa (Washington, DC)
   
• CSIS: Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC)
  • Video: "Africa's Changing Energy Landscape" (April 20, 2015 event at CSIS)
    
  • Energy Risks in North Africa and the Middle East
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies - Investing in Africa's Energy Sector: Challenges & Opportunities
• Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (New York, USA; Paris, France)
  [DDPP is] ...a global collaboration of energy research teams charting practical pathways to deeply reducing greenhouse gas emissions in their own countries."
  --See: Climate Ambition Beyond Emission Numbers: South Africa; Nigeria ; Senegal
  --See also: DDPP Home Page
• EACOP : East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (Uganda and Tanzania)
  • African Arguments: "The bold campaign to defund the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.," June 22, 2022. (London)
  • The East African: "EAC MPs tell off EU counterparts, back oil pipeline project," November 8, 2022. (Nairobi)
    --See also: "Lenders save stalled Eacop with $300 million," October 8, 2022.
  • East African Crude Oil Pipeline Ltd. (London, UK; Kampala, Uganda)  Official site
    
  • "The East African Crude Oil Pipeline: why are some East Africans opposed?" (2022) By Abby Morenigbade. Georgetown Environmental Law Review. March 25, 2022.
  • EITI--Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: "Connecting the dots with the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline," November 24, 2020 (Oslo, Norway)
  • The Guardian: "'Monstrous' East African oil project will emit vast amounts of carbon, data show," October 27, 2022. (London)
  • IPP Media: "Environment precautions taken in EACOP project," September 24, 2022 (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
    --See also: "Oil firms protest EU's EACOP vote," September 17, 2022.
  • The Petroleum Authority of Uganda: The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project (Kampala)
  • "Rivalry in East Africa: The case of the Uganda-Kenya crude oil pipeline and the East Africa crude oil pipeline," (2022) By Brendon J. Cannon and Stephen Mogaka. The Extractive Industries and Society. Vol. 11 (September 2022). --via ScienceDirect
  • StopEACOP: Stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Kampala, Uganda)
    An environmental and human rights NGO advocates for the people of Uganda and other neighboring countries in East and Central Africa...[and for] the clean renewable energy of the future and all the benefits that come with it."
    --See especially: Publications
  • Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
    
  • Uganda. Directorate of Petroleum: "East African Crude Oil Pipeline" (Kampala)
  
  
• United States Energy Information Administration (See below)
• EnergyNet (London, UK)
  • "...seeks to promote economic development in emerging and developing economies in Africa through the promotion of energy services, principally in the power, gas and renewable energy sectors."
  • Africa Energy Forum 2013, Barcelona, June 18-20, 2013 (includes preview of "Africa Energy Yearbook")
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations -- Energy in Africa (Rome, Italy)
  Search in FAO Corporate Document Repository.
  --See also: Water for agriculture and energy in Africa: the challenge of climate change (2011) Report of the ministerial conference, Dec. 15-17, 2008
  The role of wood energy in Africa (1996) Wood Energy Today for Tomorrow (WETT)
• Friedrich Ebert Stiftung -- Research on Energy in Africa (Bonn and Berlin, Germany)
  • Defining a just transition for Sub-Saharan energy workers: a discussion paper of the Sub-Sahara Africa Energy Network. (October 2020).  (FES Trade Union Competence Centre & Labour Research Service, Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • Discussion paper on just energy transition in Kenya. (2018). By Benson K. Ireri. (FES Kenia, Nairobi, Kenya)
  • Search for FES publications on energy in Africa...by country
    
• Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (Roskilde, Denmark)
  • "GNESD is a United Nations Environment Programme facilitated knowledge network of Member Centres and network partners worldwide, renowned for their work on energy, development, and environment issues. The main objective of GNESD is to work for reaching the Millenium Development Goals (MDG)."
  • All GNESD publications: find reports on bioenergy, energy access, energy security, and renewables in Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, and other parts of Africa.
• IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna, Austria)
  -- IAEA on South Africa
• IEA: International Energy Agency on Africa (Paris, France)
  
  • Africa Energy Outlook. (2022) World energy outlook special report.
    
  • World Energy Outlook. (2022)
    --See also: WEO, 2006 to present
    
• IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
  
  • Search  "Publications" by Country
    
  • IISD Reporting Services: "African Climate Risks Conference," October 7-9, 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    
  • A citizens’ guide to energy subsidies in Nigeria (2012)
  • Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI)
    
  • Strategies for reforming fossil-fuel subsidies: practical lessons from Ghana, France and Senegal (2010)
  • Sustainable development: the case of energy in South Africa (2003)
  • IISD on Trade
    
• INFORSE-Africa: International Network for Sustainable Energy (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ; Dakar, Senegal)
  "This worldwide NGO network was formed at the Global Forum in Rio in 1992...INFORSE works for implementation of sustainable energy solutions by exchange of information, awareness creation, formulation and implementation of strategies, and lobbying of international forums."
  --See especially: Sustainable energy news. (December 2020) East African news
  --West Africa ACE Project, 2016-2018
  
  
• IRENA: International Renewable Energy Agency -- Africa (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
  • Between 2008 and 2011, a series of preparatory conferences and commission sessions held in Germany, Spain, and the UAE led to the creation of the IRENA, headquartered in Abu Dhabi.
  • Search all IRENA reports and papers
  • IRENA Statistical Profiles -- By Country
    
  • Scenarios for the energy transition: experience and good practices in Africa (January 2023)
    
  • Renewable energy market analysis: Africa and its region. (January 2022)
    
  • The renewable energy transition in Africa. (March 2021)
    
  • Scaling up renewable energy deployment in Africa. (January 2019) 20 pages in PDF format
    
  • Planning and prospects for renewable power: West Africa. (2018) 110 pages in PDF format
    
  
  
• International Rivers on Africa (Berkeley, California)
  • "...expertise in dams, energy and water policy, climate change, and international financial institutions."
  • Energy solutions for Africa (2012)
  • A risky climate for southern African hydro: assessing hydrological risks and consequences for the Zambezi River Basin dams. (September 2012) By Richard Beilfuss. 60 pages in PDF format
  • "When Will Africa See the Light?" (February 2012) By Lori Pottinger.
  • "Africa's Energy Future Heading Down a Dark Tunnel" (September 2011) By Terri Hathaway.
• OECD: Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (Paris, France)
  Search for "Energy Africa"
  • NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative, Ministerial & Expert Roundtable, November 11-12, 2009
    -- Boosting Africa’s energy sector through carbon finance. 22 pages in PDF format
    -- Increasing private investment in African energy infrastructure. 19 pages in PDF format

• OFID: The OPEC Fund for International Development (Vienna, Austria)
  --Energy Poverty in Africa
• Open EI--Open Energy Info -- Region and Country Information (Washington, DC and Golden, Colorado, USA)
  Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory:
  "A knowledge sharing online community dedicated to connecting people with the latest energy information and data."
  --See also: U.S. Energy Information Administration below
• Power Africa (USAID and the White House, Washington, DC)
• REEEP: Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (Vienna, Austria)
  --REEEP Publications
• Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (Paris, France)
  • "REN21 is the global renewable energy policy multi-stakeholder network that connects a wide range of key actors from: governments, international organisations, industry associations, science and academia as well as civil society."
  • REN21 Reports
• The South African Renewables Initiative
  --SARi Publications
• Southern African Alternative Energy Association (Roodeport, South Africa)
  • SAAEA news and info
• Southern African Power Pool (Harare, Zimbabwe) Since 1995
  • SAPP monthly -and- annual reports
  • SAPP sustainable development bulletin
  • SAPP annual statistics, 2004-2019
• Southern African Research and Documentation Centre: SADC Energy Monitor 2016 (Harare, Zimbabwe; Maputo, Mozambique)
  110 pages in PDF format
  
• Sustainable Energy Africa (Cape Town, South Africa)
  "Sustainable Energy Africa, a consultative NGO agency, promotes the development of a low carbon clean energy economy throughout Southern Africa."
  
• United Nations Development Programme: Africa Minigrids Program (New York)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa -- Recent Publications on Energy (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  • Renewable energy development for industrialization and economic diversification in Central Africa. (February 2023). 16 pages in PDF format
    
  • The "SDG7 Initiative for Africa": Accelerating clean energy investments for access and climate ambition in Africa. (February 2020). 25 pages in PDF format
    
  • EAC energy security policy framework (2018). 144 pages in PDF format
    
  • Energy access and security in eastern Africa: status and enhancement pathways (2014) 278 pages in PDF format
  • Patents and clean energy technologies in Africa (2013) Co-published by UNEP and the European Patent Office. 90 pages in PDF format
  • The renewable energy sector in North Africa (2012) 100 pages in PDF format
  • Study on innovative financing mechanisms for renewable energy projects in North Africa (2012) 82 pages in PDF format
  • Cost-benefit analysis for regional infrastructure of water and power sectors in southern Africa (2012) 139 pages in PDF format
  • Making Africa's power sector sustainable: an analysis of power sector reforms in Africa (2007) A joint UNECA and UNEP report. -- via UN-Energy Knowledge Network ; 151 pages in PDF format
• United Nations Environment Programme--Regional Office for Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • Africa mountains atlas. -- Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP, 2014. 310 pages in PDF format
  • Africa: atlas of our changing environment. -- Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP, 2008. PDF format in English
    
  • Africa's lakes: atlas of our changing environment. -- Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Progam--UNEP, 2006. via Internet Archive
    
  • Atlas of Africa: energy resources. (2017) -- Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP, 2017.
    342 pages in PDF format, English
  • GRID3 Africa GeoPortal: current data and reports
  • UNEP Project: "Enhancing Information for Renewable Energy Technology Deployment in Brazil, China, and South Africa" (March 2012)
  • UNEP-Energy Publications (General)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization: "Energy from Africa, For Africa" (2023) (New York, USA ; Geneva, Switzerland)
  • See also: The Energy Sector in Africa, 2009
• United States--Africa Energy Ministerial, June 3-4, 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Leadership Africa USA, Washington, DC)
  "AEM will focus on the theme of 'Catalyzing Sustainable Energy Growth in Africa' and provide a forum for major announcements and commitments that support energy development throughout Africa. The Ministerial will showcase African leadership in energy development, explore strategies and effective practices across Africa and the United States for accelerating development of clean energy sources and adoption of energy efficient technologies..."
  --See especially: 2014 AEM Program
• United States Agency for International Development: Power Africa (Washington, DC)
  "Power Africa works with African governments, the private sector, and other partners such as the World Bank and African Development Bank in six focus countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria and Tanzania) to add more than 30,000 megawatts of cleaner, more efficient electricity generation capacity."
  --See also: Fact Sheet: Powering Africa: increasing access to power in Sub-Saharan Africa, August 5, 2014 (The White House, President Barack Obama, Washington, DC)
• United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Africa (Washington, DC) --via Columbia University Libraries
  • EIA country proifles & reports, such as: "Emerging hydrocarbon producers in Africa" (December 2023)
  • International Energy Outlook 2023
  • "Off-grid electricity development in Africa: Uncertainties and potential implications for electric power markets," October 14, 2020
  • Plus: Open EI above
• The World Bank -- Energy in Africa (Washington, DC)
  • "Energy in Africa" in Open Knowledge Repository
    
  • ESMAP--Energy Sector Management Assistance Program Activities Search for Africa -- or by Country
    --Search for "Africa" in ESMAP Publications
  • "Institutional Approaches to Electrification: The Experience of Rural Energy Agencies/Rural Energy Funds in Sub-Saharan Africa." (2012)
    
• World Energy Council (London UK)
  • Africa Energy Indaba, March 4-6, 2025, Cape Town, South Africa
    "Presented by the South African National Energy Association (SANEA) in association with the World Energy Council, and supported by the African Union and the NEPAD Planning & Coordinating Agency."
  • Africa Network of the WEC
• World Nuclear Association (London, UK)
  • Nuclear Power in South Africa (September 2020)
    
  • Uranium in Niger (July 2020)

 

 

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