Kenya’s national grid hit a new historic peak this year as electricity demand surged past 2,300 megawatts (MW). Data from Kenya Power’s National Control Centre shows a system peak of 2,362.28 MW recorded on 23 July 2025, with the state generator later confirming a marginally higher peak of 2,363.41 MW on 5 August 2025. Grid…
Kenya Power says the average rural connection is spending only KSh 7.20 a day on electricity, a figure that, if accurate, underlines a growing mismatch between the company’s expanding customer base and the revenue those customers deliver. The low daily spend helps explain why the utility is increasingly dependent on industrial and affluent urban customers…
Nearly one-billion people in low- and middle-income countries including vast swaths of Africa are served by health facilities with no or unreliable electricity, seriously jeopardizing essential medical care. Reliable electricity is not a luxury, it is fundamental to healthcare. Across sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 25,000 facilities lack any electricity, and another 70,000 suffer from unreliable power….
Illegally using or interfering with electricity through theft, unauthorised connections, tampering with meters or vandalising infrastructure is a criminal offence in Kenya that can cost you heavy fines, prosecution and even prison time. Courts in recent years have handed multi-year sentences and multi-million-shilling fines to people convicted of meter tampering, vandalism and running organised illegal-connection…
Nairobi, 3rd September 2025 – Kenya is set to host the first Waste Electrical and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Innovation Summit, which will take place from 16–18 September 2025 at Strathmore Business School, Nairobi. It’s part of the Kenyan-German GreenTech Innovation Program on WEEE (2024–2025), funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation,…
South Africa’s energy landscape tilted again this month after the National Energy Regulator (NERSA) reached an out-of-court settlement with Eskom that will raise electricity tariffs well above earlier projections, a move the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) says will push millions of households deeper into poverty. SAFTU argues the settlement corrects technical errors…
South Africa is barreling toward a new energy future, and fast. Thousands of megawatts of solar, wind, and battery projects from Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are already online, and many more are on the way. At first glance, this looks like the breakthrough we’ve been waiting for: faster deployment, greater competition, long-term price certainty. But…
South Africa is far off course on multiple energy milestones, from keeping the lights on today to building the cleaner power system promised for 2030. A review of official targets and real-world delivery shows the country missing by a wide margin on electricity capacity, renewable buildout, and emissions goals even as Eskom rushes out new…
Schneider Electric, the global leader in energy management and automation, and recognised sustainability leader, is proud to introduce its next-generation PrismaSeT range of power distribution switchboards to the East African market. The range, which includes the PrismaSeT G and PrismaSeT P models, is well suited to region’s growing demand for future-ready energy management across key…
South Africa’s state utility, Eskom, launched its first-ever Renewable Energy Offtake Programme, a move that could redefine the country’s energy landscape. The programme opens 291 MW of solar PV capacity for direct long-term purchase by large commercial and industrial customers. Successful bidders will enter power purchase agreements (PPAs) ranging from 5 to 25 years, with…
