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            <title>Sub-Saharan Africa's energy access lagging while almost universal elsewhere, report shows </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The latest edition of the yearly inter-agency publication ‘Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report’, featuring data from 2023 and 2024, shows that while most regions are nearing universal energy access, progress in sub-Saharan Africa has slowed significantly, and the pace of electrification must triple to achieve universal access by 2030. According to the report, 560-million people in the region are without electricity and 970-million lack access to clean cooking.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Real estate investment trust Hyprop Investments has completed and commissioned the R45-million Phase 2 of its solar PV project at the Glen Shopping Centre, which the company co-owns and manages. Phase 2 boosts the centre’s total installed solar capacity to 4 304 kW.]]></description>
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            <title>Transmission expansion remains energy sector's biggest unlock — Mulilo</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mulilo CEO Jan Fourie speaks to Engineering News at the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town about the priorities for South Africa's renewable energy sector, the investment and policy actions needed to accelerate energy development, and the role of clean energy in supporting Africa's industrialisation ambitions.]]></description>
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            <title>Mission 300 achieving results as 50m more people gain access to electricity</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have announced that their joint initiative Mission 300 has connected over 50-million people to electricity across 40 countries – a major milestone toward the initiative's goal of reaching 300-million people by 2030. Launched in 2024, the initiative is supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet and Sustainable Energy for All, as well as a coalition of governments, development institutions and private sector partners.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has called for Africa to accelerate the implementation of cross-border electricity infrastructure by converting continental energy plans into bankable projects capable of attracting large-scale investment. Addressing the opening of the Africa Energy Forum (AEF) in Cape Town on Tuesday, Ramokgopa said the continent needed to accelerate implementation of the African 10-Year Infrastructure Investment Plan for cross-border interconnectivity, which is being advanced under South Africa's G20 presidency.]]></description>
            <author>Mariaan Webb</author>
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            <title>SAPVIA calls for fair access to limited grid as new renewable utility Eskom Green powers up</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry organisation the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) welcomes the establishment of State-owned renewable-energy utility Eskom Green, but calls for assurance that access to the limited grid capacity will be shared equitably by all independent power producers and players. The establishment of Eskom Green recognises that utility-scale renewable energy and energy storage will be central to delivering long-term energy security, supporting economic growth and attracting investment into the country's energy infrastructure.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Grid expansion, management critical as South Africa’s electricity sector decentralises</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Improved cost efficiencies, shifts in legislation and policy enablers towards an open market continue to support South Africa’s investment in renewable-energy projects, Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking head of power and renewables Rentia van Tonder tells Engineering News. In an interview ahead of this year’s Africa Energy Forum (AEF), to be held in Cape Town from June 16 to 19, she pointed out that, with open access, enabling policies and the emergence of alternative options around energy trading, corporate entities were increasingly shifting their focus to flexibility, cost efficiency and the sustainability of energy supply.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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