GIZ advisor Marie-Anne Serve outlines the awareness gap, financing innovations, and policy hurdles in the push for greener buildings across Africa. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -In a compelling call to action at a major continental conference, Mary-Anne Serve, an advisor for the Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB), has stressed that bridging a critical awareness…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia- Celia Martinez, a Programme Management Officer at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has urged African countries to develop and share best practices for the implementation and enforcement of energy efficiency building codes. Speaking on the sidelines of the African Energy Efficiency Conference (AFEEC) on Tuesday, 9th December, Martinez, who leads sustainable…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 9th December – The African Energy Commission (AFREC) aims to raise $3 billion to support African Member States in executing the African Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan (AFEES), which has been endorsed by all the continent’s Heads of State. In the initial phase of its first five-year plans, the agency under the African…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia –The Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll) has issued a powerful call to action for doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency by 2030 at the landmark Africa Energy Efficiency Conference (AFREC) being held at the African Union(AU), headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 8th December 2025. SEforAll emphasises that they…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 8th December-The much-anticipated inaugural African Energy Efficiency Conference (AfEEC) began today at the iconic African Union Commission (AUC) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, aimed at enhancing energy efficiency in the sector across the region. This comes against the backdrop of ever-increasing energy demands due to a growing population, rapid urbanisation, and industrialisation….
“I’m calling on all parties to uphold and implement the Washington Accord to enable the people of Eastern DRC to return home, rebuild their lives, and reclaim peace, dignity, and hope,”-Dr Ruto WASHINGTON DC, USA –President William Ruto has hailed the recent signing of the Washington Accord, a landmark peace agreement between the Democratic Republic…
AfEEC provides a crucial dashboard to assess Member States’ progress toward the continental benchmark, a 50% enhancement in energy productivity by 2050, escalating to 70% by 2063. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Continental energy leaders are set to converge at the African Union Commission (AUC) headquarters for the inaugural Africa Energy Efficiency Conference (AfEEC), a strategic…
“We were held incommunicado, tortured and starved at Kasenyi Military Barracks in Entebbe for 39 days,” says Njagi and Oyoo. MBALE, Uganda, 9th November -Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed that the country’s security authorities had arrested two Kenyan human rights activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo. The two, he said, are ‘experts in riots’…
JOHANNESBURG, November 2025 — A lack of access to affordable, quality childcare cost the economies of Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria billions in lost income in 2022, as millions of employable mothers were unable to participate in the workforce. This is according to research from Economist Impact’s Childcare Dividend Initiative (CDI), which reveals that investing…
DODOMA, Tanzania, November 1st -President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been announced as the winner of the Tanzanian presidential election after bagging 97.66 percent of the total votes cast (32,678,884) against her 16 challengers. Making the announcement, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) led by Chairman and Court of Appeal Judge Jacobs Mwambegele said that Chama…