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 ...

As Nigerians continue to face blackout from low supply of electricity and frequent collapse of the National Grid, Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) have proposed to spend N30.34bn on solar ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Federal Government is implementing what has been described as the largest publicly funded renewable electricity programme in the world, aimed at expanding power access through mini-grids, solar ...

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) yesterday inaugurated its 550kWp solar hybrid mini- grid project in Bakin Ciyawa and Kwande communities, Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State. The ...

The Federal Government’s push to sanitise its fast-growing renewable energy space gathered momentum on Wednesday as the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit strengthened its ...

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

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 ...

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 ...