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Business / Economics

Southern African Science Service Centre Hosts Green Hydrogen Conference in Windhoek

  (Photo: SASSCAL Facebook Page) The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management is hosting the 3rd International Conference on Circular Economy, Renewable Energies, and Green Hydrogen in Africa in Windhoek today and tomorrow. Experts from the region and abroad will discuss sustainable industrialisation, renewable energy, and green hydrogen development. The conference will conclude with a visit to the Daures Green Hydrogen Village and Cleanergy […]

today21 October, 2025

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Business / Economics

Namibia Showcases Green Hydrogen Potential at Summit

Windhoek hosted the conclusion of the three-day Global African Hydrogen Summit 2025, focusing on Africa’s green hydrogen prospects. Discussions centered on investments, technology, and strategic partnerships, while deals including Toyota Tsusho and HyIron emphasized Namibia’s increasing influence in the global hydrogen market. Angie Scholtz reports. 

today12 September, 2025

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World

UN Chief delivers optimistic new year’s message

The world continues to struggle with unprecedented challenges from the Los Angeles fires to the Ukraine war, but there are also reasons for cautious optimism in 2025. On a long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza, climate action, gender equality, and more, Secretary-General António Guterres insisted on Wednesday. In his traditional New Year address setting out the global organisation's priorities, the UN chief acknowledged that it is understandable to get overwhelmed given the turmoil all […]

today16 January, 2025

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Africa

Solar-powered motorcycle completes historic Africa journey

An electric motorcycle, designed and built in Africa and powered solely by solar energy, completed a historic journey from Kenya to Stellenbosch in South Africa. Developed by Stellenbosch University engineers and the Kenyan company Roam, the six-thousand-kilometer journey travelled through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Botswana. Roam's Masa Kituyi said it’s evidence that clean energy can drive vehicles and a sustainable future for Africa.

today17 October, 2024

Africa

Nigerian households use a range of energy, from wood to solar – green energy planning must account for this

    By Dennis Gabriel Pepple, University of Leicester and Daminabo Pokubo, Nottingham Trent University   Low and middle-income countries generally lack access to renewable energy and rely excessively on traditional fuels like firewood and charcoal. In these countries, 2.6 billion people depend mainly on polluting fossil fuels (for electricity) and traditional biomass fuels (such as wood or charcoal for cooking) to meet their daily energy needs. In sub-Saharan Africa, […]

today9 September, 2024

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Africa

Green energy for all: Zimbabwe will need a new social contract to roll out projects like solar power

        By Ellen Fungisai Chipango, University of Johannesburg and Long Seng To, Loughborough University     The Zimbabwean government is racing against time to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7: affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. However, the race towards green energy is top-down and mostly privatised. New technology is being introduced or sold to individuals or small families, but renewable […]

today31 July, 2024

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South Africa

South African Petroleum Industry Calls for Investment in Refineries for Clean Fuels Program

  The South African Petroleum Industry Association has reiterated the need for capital investment in local refineries to meet the second clean fuels program by 2027. During a media roundtable, Sapia head of strategy Kevin Baart emphasized that current price structures are insufficient to fund these necessary investments. Baart assured that the industry has managed supply risks effectively for 18 years and highlighted the importance of cleaner fuels and emission […]

today10 July, 2024

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Business / Economics

By not mining vital minerals, NZ is ‘offshoring its own environmental footprint’ – is that fair?

Getty Images     By Martin Brook, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau     When Resources Minister Shane Jones recently unveiled his draft strategy for mineral mining, it was quickly criticised by the Labour opposition as “taking New Zealand backwards”. One environmental group even called it a “love letter to mining companies”. But the government’s ambition to double the sector’s export value to NZ$2 billion by 2035, with flow-on effects […]

today5 June, 2024