By Ifeanyi Odoh, Country President, Schneider Electric East Africa In East Africa, we’re experiencing an exciting period of business growth driven, in part, by digital transformation and its myriad of benefits such as mobile-driven financial inclusion, smarter agriculture and industrial manufacturing, critical infrastructure, data centres, to name but a few. Similarly, digital transformation is creating…
By Thuita Gatero, Managing Editor, Africa Digest News. He specializes in conversations around data centers, AI, cloud infrastructure, and energy. Electricity tokens in Kenya have become more expensive in 2025 and many households are feeling the strain. But how much power does the average Kenyan home really use per month? Forget global estimates. Kenya runs on tokens,…
By Thuita Gatero, Managing Editor, Africa Digest News. He specializes in conversations around data centers, AI, cloud infrastructure, and energy. If you feel like your electricity tokens don’t go as far as they used to, you’re right. And we have the receipts to prove it. Summary In mid-2024, KSh 100 bought ~4.9 units By late 2025, KSh…
By Thuita Gatero, Managing Editor, Africa Digest News. He specializes in conversations around Finance, energy and renewable energy. If you’re asking “How many token units for 500?”, you’re not alone. With electricity costs rising, every shilling counts and knowing how many KPLC units you get before buying helps you plan better. Short Answer On average, KES…
By Thuita Gatero, Managing Editor, Africa Digest News. He specializes in conversations around Finance, energy and renewable energy. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a financing package of US $14.54 million to support the development of the Garneton North Solar Project, a 20-megawatt (MW) solar plant in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province. This initiative marks a significant…
Schneider Electric, , a global energy technology leader, has delivered the technology stack behind European Energy’s Kassø Power-to-X (PtX) facility, the world’s first commercially viable e-methanol plant. Schneider Electric’s future-ready design supports enhanced productivity and cost efficiencies, while ensuring reliability, safety and sustainability – creating a scalable blueprint essential for accelerating green energy production. Powered by…
Nairobi, Kenya – November 3, 2025 — Genetec Inc. the global leader in enterprise physical security software, today announced new intelligent automation (IA)-powered investigation capabilities in Security Center SaaS to help operators quickly locate video evidence, understand the context surrounding an event, and close cases in minutes. For many organizations, investigations still involve hours of…
Eskom has reported a year-on-year reduction in unplanned outages of 1,201 megawatts (MW) a sign that South Africa’s state utility is making visible progress in its Generation Recovery Plan. The improvement has played a major role in sustaining grid stability and extending the current stretch of more than four months without loadshedding. In its latest…
The Africa Gas Forum 2026 is set to return to Cape Town on 5 March 2026, bringing together leading voices in policy, finance, and energy development to debate the role of natural gas in Africa’s clean energy transition. As part of the Africa Energy Indaba, the forum will focus on how gas can drive industrial…
Olivier Blum announces company evolution as energy technology partner at its Innovation Summit in Copenhagen Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, opened its annual Innovation Summit in Copenhagen, hosting more than 5,000 customers, policymakers, employees, and industry leaders, including 600 global C-level executives and representing nearly every major industry. In his first keynote address…
