Public budgets are unlikely to expand at the pace required to meet the escalating risks. A larger share of long-term capital will therefore need to come from private sources

There are ways for start-ups and small and medium enterprises to avoid financing problems

Minister Barbara Creecy says African countries need ‘a new suite of financing instruments, with a set of favourable terms and conditions that are not debt generators’

Rising electricity prices, power outages, increasing awareness of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decreasing solar technology costs are driving the rooftop solar…

Energy sector leaders on the continent call for a gradual move towards renewable energy

Failing to invest in a greener economy could cost South Africa trillions, but calls to mobilise capital come amid fiscal strain