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Conlog expands smart utility offering with new water metering capability

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The company’s new SANAS-accredited laboratory strengthens local testing infrastructure while supporting more accurate, reliable and compliant water metering.

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AMEU President speaks out on solar and crime draining municipal revenue

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Rob Ferrier lays out municipal power utilities' toughest year yet: regulation, rooftop solar draining revenue, and infrastructure crime stretching budgets

In discussion with Riedewaan Bakardien: Dealing with radioactive nuclear waste in South Africa

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Radioactive waste management is among the least publicly understood parts of the nuclear value chain, yet it is fundamental to the credibility and long-term sustainability of nuclear energy programmes

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Thursday, Sep 3

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South Africa’s energy market is changing and businesses need a new strategy

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The key question is no longer simply “How do we keep the lights on?” but “How do we secure reliable power while controlling costs and remaining competitive?”

Africa’s new solar factories are built for North American, not African roofs

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Solar panel manufacturing in Africa will quadruple in 2026 as new large plants come online in Egypt and Tanzania

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In conversation with Princess Mthombeni: Appetite for nuclear energy grows across Africa

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Several countries on the continent continue set into motion plans to incorporate nuclear energy into their electricity generation plans

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Project & Investment Network and African Infrastructure Elites – A stronger platform for African project visibility

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A collaboration between the African Infrastructure Elites and the Project & Investment Network amplifies the projects, people and investment conversations shaping Africa’s infrastructure future.

Electra Mining Africa – more to see, learn and experience

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With more than 1 000 exhibitors across 44 000 m² net exhibition space, visitors can explore thousands of products, technologies, machines and services across mining, manufacturing, automation, electrical, power, engineering and related…

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Wednesday, Sep 2

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CMAS 2026 programme launched as Africa’s carbon markets move from readiness to delivery

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The summit will take place from 13–15 October 2026 in Kigali, Rwanda.

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On the record with Francis Agar: The role of nuclear energy in Africa’s future

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Africa’s electricity demand is projected to more than triple by 2040, but many country’s are facing increasing energy insecurity

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Market analysis: Africa’s businesses are building their own grid

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Kenya's distributed solar now equals more than half its grid capacity, built by businesses with no subsidy and little utility visibility

Digging for power: The mined minerals that fuel the nuclear energy future

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Annual uranium demand will increase as the world builds more NPPs, but like the other necessary rare earth elements demanded by nuclear reactors, the necessary critical minerals are concentrated in a handful of spaces

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Africa has the resources, now it needs the infrastructure to industrialise

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The continent stands at a defining moment in its economic development journey

Tuesday, Sep 1

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Africa’s official solar power data is missing half the boom

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Africa's continental power plan expects 23GW of solar by 2040, but data shows the continent has already installed more than that in three years

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With nuclear, you can go as far asyou dare to dream in Africa

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Op-ed: Nuclear power is the future of the world, but particularly for the GDP advancement of African countries

The obsolete Net Zero bubble and what happens now

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by Prof Dr Ioannis Tsipouridis

Necsa | Driving nuclear energy technology innovation

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Necsa's research nuclear reactor has been operational since 1965

Monday, Aug 31

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Why Africa’s economic growth depends on smarter power grids

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The grid is not just a collection of ageing wires and substations; it is the circulatory system of socio-economic growth

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Solar and batteries, the new diesel generator in Africa

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Three-quarters of Africa’s solar power growth is likely from distributed resources, which is difficult to measure

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Grid feeding vs grid forming: Understanding the control philosophies shaping modern power systems

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Currently, energy resilience depends on a coordinated balance between two philosophies to maintain a stable and reliable power supply

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In conversation with Lawrence Gumbe: Setting up first nuclear power plant in Kenya

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Countries across Africa are deliberately looking at how nuclear power can be used for electricity

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Construction and reactors are the easy part when it comes to nuclear power

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In nuclear power the hard work is not laying the concrete or installing the turbines waste disposal, skills pipelines and public trust

Friday, Aug 28

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Moving the nuclear energy conversation from vision to bankable reality

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Reporting from a Nuclear in Africa conference session, ESI Africa highlights what the experts say about this technology's prospects

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Financing the next era of African electrification by rethinking the last mile

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Progress on reaching universal energy access in Africa is slowing down

Small reactors, big impact: SMR shifts on the radar

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Small and modular is turning out to be a much more attractive prospect for would-be nuclear power projects the world over.

Thursday, Aug 27

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Priming a continent to introduce nuclear into the energy mix

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Projections to 2050 indicate that, in a high-case scenario, Africa’s nuclear energy capacity could increase more than tenfold, requiring investment exceeding $100 billion

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The cost of ignoring nuclear power – Editor’s letter

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Every year without a domestic fuel strategy is a year Africa exports a strategic asset and imports the vulnerability of not using it

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A nuclear roadmap for the world

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A forecast built on steady growth meets a tough first half of 2026