Africa: The Next Great Energy Growth Story InvestorPlace - February 23, 2012 When it comes to emerging markets and energy production, powerhouses like Brazil and Russia tend to dominate portfolio…

South Africa: Coal miner Exxaro to submit five renewable energy bids Creamer Media's Mining Weekly.com - February 23, 2012 JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s second-largest coal miner Exxaro…

BioTherm expects to begin work on SA wind, solar projects by Q3 Creamer Media's Engineering News - February 24, 2012 South African independent power producer BioTherm Energy reports that the…

Africa 'Needs Better Policies On Renewable Energy' allAfrica.com (SciDev.Net) - February 23, 2012 Nairobi — Inadequate policies and regulations, rather than a lack of funding, is the main reason…

Africa: Southern African News Features Sanf 12 No 7, February 2012 allAfrica.com - February 23, 2012 Africa's quest for greater connectivity and improved intra-regional trade could soon become a…

Dark Fibre Africa reaches 5,000km fibre milestone mybroadband | February 23, 2012 Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) announced that it has laid more than 5,000 kilometres of fibre infrastructure. DFA, which…

Le Kenya à la recherche d'investisseurs privés pour financer ses infrastructures Le Kenya va soumettre le mois prochain un projet de loi simplifié clarifiant les bases juridiques des…

European funding helps launch Ethiopia’s largest cement plant The FINANCIAL - February 22, 2012 Production from the recently opened Derba MIDROC Cement Factory in Ethiopia, part funded by the…

Infrastructure: 'we have the resources' South Africa.info - February 22, 2012 The state will have about R4.5-trillion in resources to draw on, using a range of financing methods over the next…

Africa needs 'new ways to fund energy projects' AFP - February 23, 2012 JOHANNESBURG — Africa needs to find new ways to finance energy projects as the continent seeks to massively expand access to…