(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- When night falls in Akanu in southeast Nigeria, the streets are lit. That’s something people in the rural settlement of 100,000 haven’t seen since 2020, when access to the ...

Every rainy season, Chuka Matthew begins rationing electricity in his Lagos home, not because his solar panels have failed, ...

Africa’s largest solar mini-grid operator is preparing a $650 million investment to expand into Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), betting on two of the world’s biggest ...

‘Through this joint venture, we are not only creating access to clean energy but building the local capacity to manufacture it,’ said Abba Abubakar Aliyu, managing director and CEO of REA, right.

UK-based consultancy GlobalData forecasts that Nigeria may install only 678 MW of solar capacity by 2030. The country is expected to surpass 1 GW in 2033 and reach 1.5 GW by 2035. Nigeria is expected ...

In Lagos today, seeing solar panels perched on rooftops or fixed to carports is no longer unusual. With Nigeria’s national grid collapsing more times than many care to count, people have literally ...

Nigeria's solar boom is changing household spending as families swap generators for solar panels, batteries and ...

Villagers walk on the street of Sabon-Gida, near Lafia, Nassarawa State, Nigeria on October 17, 2023. Mini-grids — small power stations usually supplying rural communities — are not new. But the drop ...

At the headquarters of the world’s largest solar panel production company, LONGi, in Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, Nigeria has finalised a strategic partnership through the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) ...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Norwegian investment fund Norfund are providing a combined financing package of up to $83.2 million to scale off-grid and distributed energy solutions ...