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As renewable investment scales across the continent, conventional risk tools will need to be complemented by market-responsive strategies that reflect the institutional and financial realities of each context.
ENERGY INVESTMENT

The risk problem with investors treating African energy as one market

The 2024 El Niño drought severely impacted Southern Africa's energy infrastructure, notably Lake Kariba, exposing the diverse and complex risks investors face across the…

  • Vuyo Mafrika
  • Chewe Chumany
  • Opy Ramaremisa
5 min read
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema opening the energy and infrastructure conference
AFRICA CREDIT RATING AGENCY

‘Power is the backbone’: Leaders gather in Lusaka to energise Africa’s future

Africa is pursuing a single electricity market to overcome the limitations of fragmented national power grids that constrain economic growth and energy access

  • Dennis Mulilo
3 min read