For decades, citizens endured the tyranny of a broken electricity system, an aging national grid crippled by corruption, debt, and chronic neglect. Nigerians were forced to buy their own transformers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To the people of Mbiabet Esieyere and Mbiabet Udouba in Nigeria’s deep south, sundown would mean children doing their homework by ...

As Nigerians continue to face blackout from low supply of electricity and frequent collapse of the National Grid, Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) have proposed to spend N30.34bn on solar ...

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) on Monday commissioned its 550kWp solar hybrid mini-grid project in Bakin Ciyawa and Kwande communities, Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State. The ...

Mini-grids are helping drive down the number of people without access to electricity. Image: Odyssey Energy Solutions. Mini-grids are growing in number as their economics versus traditional diesel ...

The Oweikorogha Community in Bayelsa State is set to experience a transformative shift in energy access with the commissioning of a new 80kWp solar mini-grid developed by Ceesolar Energy Limited. The ...

The Federal Government is implementing what has been described as the largest publicly funded renewable electricity programme in the world, aimed at expanding power access through mini-grids, solar ...

In several rural communities across Nigeria, workers have recently begun installing rows of solar panels beside clusters of ...

The Federal Government’s push to sanitise its fast-growing renewable energy space gathered momentum on Wednesday as the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit strengthened its ...

The nearest national electric grid to Ethiopia’s Melkadida Refugee Camp is more than 200 kilometres away. Yet there is power. There is light. And there is opportunity. It all started with a visionary ...

Nigeria has launched a major renewable energy initiative worth $750 million to improve electricity across the country. The ...

Mpokiseng Moyo, a mother of three who grows winter wheat on a plot of 0.2 hectares (0.5 acres) at Rustlers Gorge, near Mashaba, Zimbabwe, shows off her fields. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Tonderayi ...