Africa’s energy ambitions are growing. But can the capital required to deliver them keep pace? Hosted by Energy News Network (ENN) in partnership with The Electricity Hub, Let’s Talk Energy continues its series recorded live at the Africa Energy Forum 2026 in Cape Town with Somkele Awa-Kalu, Finance Specialist at Sustainable Energy […]
Investment in renewable energy is accelerating across South Africa, with developers, lenders and international investors ready to finance the next generation of projects. Yet as the market matures, the industry’s greatest challenge is no longer raising capital – it’s building the transmission infrastructure needed to connect new capacity to the […]
Can Clean Energy Power Africa’s Industrial Future? Can Africa’s energy transition deliver more than electricity? Can it create industries, strengthen local manufacturing, and generate long-term economic growth? Hosted by Energy News Network (ENN) and The Electricity Hub, Let’s Talk Energy speaks with South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Electricity and Energy, Samantha Graham-Maré, […]
Recorded at aef in Cape Town, this episode of Let’s Talk Energy explores how African power systems are being built from cables to clean energy. Produced in partnership with EnergyNet, the conversation features Ms Nadia Derafa, Regional Business Development Director – Africa at Elsewedy Electric. From manufacturing cables, transformers, and meters to […]
In this episode of Let’s Talk Energy, the official podcast of the Africa Energy Forum, Sean Naude, Account Manager at Sungrow, discusses how the global renewable energy leader is driving Africa’s clean energy transition. From pioneering solar-plus-storage in Malawi to enabling South Africa’s first hybrid wind-solar-battery plant, Sungrow is redefining […]
In this episode, Uche Oge, Project Lead, Hardware Garage, discusses the Garage’s recent call for innovative ideas in the E-mobility, food sustainability/agriculture and clean energy/tech sectors. He highlights the details of this call, benefits for budding entrepreneurs and the motivation behind this business accelerator.
