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ENGIE acquires Mobisol, becomes market leader in the off-grid solar in Africa

ENGIE expands its decentralized energy offering in Africa through the acquisition of Mobisol, a pioneer of off-grid solar solutions, the company announced this Tuesday in a press release. Mobisol has operations in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya and has installed more than 150,000 solar home systems, providing clean and reliable energy to over 750,000 people in […]

African Union Chairperson Macky Sall in Moscow for talks with Putin

The chairperson of the African Union, President Macky Sall of Senegal, will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday as the war in Ukraine exacerbates food insecurity on the continent. Macky Sall, accompanied by Moussa Faki Mahamat, the African Union Commission chairperson, is expected in Russia this Thursday and will meet Putin in Sochi on […]

COP29: Africa outraged by ‘insufficient’ $300bn climate change deal

African and other developing nations have rejected as “insufficient” a $300 billion deal on climate finance that was agreed by negotiators at the United Nations’s COP29 climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, to help developing nations adapt to climate change. Richer nations agreed to pay at least $300 billion annually until 2035 to help developing countries […]