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Find out more about our donor programsSouth Africa benefits from a successful renewable energy program and a certain status as the only nuclear power plant operator on the African continent. These assets have been increasingly overshadowed by structural and mounting challenges affecting the energy sector and entire economy: load shedding, financial meltdown of Eskom, poor regulation and governance, inadequate planning, lack of transparency.
Are things changing under President Ramaphosa's leadership and will the latest financial pressures, and new gas discoveries, bring much needed reforms?
Chair and discussant: Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, Director, Center for Energy & Climate, Ifri
South Africa's energy policies at a turning point: Chris Yelland, Managing Director, EE Business Intelligence
This seminar will be held in English.
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South Africa’s Energy Policies: Are Changes Finally Coming?
Energy and electricity policy, planning and regulation in South Africa has been slow and bureaucratic, lacking visionary leadership, and marred by uncertainty. Policy positions and actions taken have tended to be reactive, and driven more by crisis management than by forward-looking leadership.
The Potential of Digital Technologies for Centralized Electricity Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
Affordable and reliable electricity access is a prerequisite for the economic development of sub-Saharan Africa.
Mozambique: Security, Political and Geopolitical Challenges of the Gas Boom
The vast gas discoveries in Mozambique, some 160 trillion cubic feet (4,530 billion cubic meters), will make this very poor country (6th lowest gross national income (GNI) per capita – the lowest in Africa) one of the world’s future major producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) within two decades.
Solar Power in Sub-Saharan Africa after COVID-19: Healing the Ills of the Sector
The electrification of sub-Saharan Africa is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. It is essential if we are to succeed in creating the 20 million jobs each year necessary to absorb the demographic growth of the region,[1] which is set to have 2.1 billion inhabitants in 2050, compared to 1.1 billion today.[2]
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