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 ...

Enphase Energy just launched a new off-grid system that lets homeowners power their homes without a utility connection – even for extended periods. The California-based Enphase says the off-grid setup ...

In several rural communities across Nigeria, workers have recently begun installing rows of solar panels beside clusters of homes and small businesses. The installations are not connected to 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 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 ...

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 ...

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

Nigeria has launched an ambitious $750 million renewable electrification programme aimed at expanding electricity access ...

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 ...

Abba Aliyu, Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), has asserted that the Agency’s latest wave of ...

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 ...