Africa

DNV has forecast that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will add 860GW of new solar PV by 2040.

Africa added 2.4GW of new solar PV capacity in 2025, an accomplishment dubbed by AFSIA CEO John van Zuylen as 'very positive'.

UAE state-run renewables developer Masdar has signed a power purchase agreement for a 150MW solar PV project in Angola.

EBRD and KfW will provide €87 million (US$102.2 million) in debt financing for a 134MWdc solar project in North Macedonia.

UAE-based renewables developer AMEA Power has commissioned a 120MW solar PV plant in the central Tunisian governorate of Kairouan, the country’s largest operational PV project.

Norwegian renewable energy firm Scatec has signed equity deals for a massive solar-plus-storage project in Egypt and begun operations at a site in South Africa.

The Moroccan government has announced plans to build a 30,000MT “green polysilicon” production facility, in partnership with Moroccan renewable energy firm GPM Holding.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has increased its equity stake in Infinity by US$40 million.

SFI has started construction on the first phase of the Norbert Anku solar project in Ghana, which will have an operational capacity of 1GW.

Hassan Allam Utilities Energy Platform and Infinity Power have signed agreements to develop two renewable energy projects in the country.