East Africa’s Energy Transition: Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda’s Path to Clean Power by 2030 East Africa has quietly become the continent’s most advanced clean energy corridor — and the world is about to pay close attention. Kenya now generates more than 90% of its electricity from renewable sources, a combination of geothermal, hydro, and wind […]
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Francophone West Africa is at an energy inflection point unlike any in its modern history. Senegal achieved first oil from its long-anticipated Sangomar offshore field in 2024, opening a new chapter in its resource economy — while simultaneously committing to 40% renewable energy by 2030. Côte d’Ivoire, consistently among the fastest-growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, […]
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Why US Energy Professionals Are Joining ACEN in 2026 The global energy transition isn’t happening in boardrooms — it’s happening in Lagos, Bridgetown, and Nairobi. The Window Is Open — But Not Indefinitely The clean energy buildout in Africa and the Caribbean is no longer a future story. It is a present capital allocation question, […]
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Southern Africa’s Energy Transition at HLPF 2026: South Africa, Zambia & Zimbabwe in Focus Southern Africa sits at one of the world’s sharpest energy contradictions. The sub-region holds some of the planet’s largest coal reserves — South Africa alone has been burning coal for over a century to power the continent’s most industrialised economy — […]
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East Africa’s Clean Energy Transition: Kenya, Tanzania & Ethiopia Lead the Way in 2026 East Africa is home to three of the continent’s most ambitious clean energy stories. Kenya has pushed its electricity mix to over 92% renewables, making it one of the greenest grids on the planet by share. Ethiopia has brought the Grand […]
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On July 7, 2026, the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development opens at UN Headquarters in New York — and for the African & Caribbean Energy Network, West Africa is the story to watch. Seven ECOWAS member states will present Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) this year: Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, […]
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The 28th Africa Energy Forum just wrapped in Cape Town — and the signals it sent are impossible to ignore. From June 16–19, 2026, more than 448 speakers — energy ministers, multilateral financiers, project developers, and policy architects — convened at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) for the most significant annual gathering of […]
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Caribbean households pay between $0.35 and $0.55 per kilowatt-hour for electricity — among the highest rates on the planet. The region sits on vast solar, wind, and ocean energy resources that could power island economies at a fraction of that cost. The mismatch is not technological. The Caribbean has access to proven, cost-competitive renewable energy […]
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HLPF 2026 opens in 16 days. On July 7, New York becomes the centre of global accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals — and this year, SDG 7 progress in Nigeria, Kenya, and the Caribbean sits squarely in the crosshairs. The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development runs July 7–15, with a three-day ministerial segment […]
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COP30 closed in Belém, Brazil in November 2025 — and for energy professionals working in Africa and the Caribbean, the reverberations are still being felt. Held in the heart of the Amazon, the conference carried symbolic weight that matched its political ambition: the first COP hosted in Latin America in over two decades, convened at […]
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