Transitioning to clean energy of great importance to African women – Graham-Maré

Transitioning to the use of clean energy, and in particular clean energy for cooking, is especially important for women in Africa. So highlighted South African Electricity and Energy Deputy Minister Samantha Jane Graham-Maré, in her keynote address to the Women in Energy breakfast at Africa Energy Indaba 2025, being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Clean cooking had to be a focus for African women, she affirmed. More than 600 000 women and girls died in Africa every year, from indoor pollution caused by having to use biomass fuel for cooking.
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International upheavals will affect Africa’s energy development and needs a joint response

The world, including Africa, is facing a major international political event of “seismic proportions”, South African Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa highlighted in his keynote address to the Africa Energy Indaba 2025 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on Tuesday. Although he carefully named no names, he was undoubtedly referring to the dramatic upheavals in international politics being caused by the new administration in the US. He pointed out that these would affect African countries’ interaction around energy and energy security. The impact would be significant, he warned. Multilateral cooperation was under deep strain. Multilateral investment flows remained unequal. Trade had been weaponised, making it more difficult for developing countries to achieve sustainable development. The Paris climate accords were not being achieved.
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Earth & Wire reports progress on 2 GW Eastern Cape blended electricity cluster

Emerging electricity retail brand Earth & Wire reports that it is at an advanced stage of developing a 2 GW project cluster in the Eastern Cape called Energy Fields, which will blend utility-scale wind and solar PV generation with large-scale battery storage and sell electricity to multiple customers. Head of strategic business development Thomas Garner reports that Energy Fields is scheduled to enter into commercial operation by late 2029 and that Earth & Wire is
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Schneider appoints digital energy director for Anglophone Africa

Energy management and automation company Schneider Electric has appointed Hilton Baartman digital energy director for Anglophone Africa.

Baartman is an award-winning executive with a diverse background in professional services, energy, water, engineering, procurement and construction, as well as technology.

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Diversified energy resources needed to ensure energy security for Africa, South Africa – Ramakgopa

South Africa, and Africa as a whole, had to make use of diversified energy resources, to enhance energy security. This was one of the points highlighted by South African Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa in his keynote address, at the Africa Energy Indaba at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on Tuesday. In the case of South Africa, he affirmed that the country’s energy policy was one of “additionality” (adding new energy sources) not “subtraction” (closing down existing energy resources). South Africa (and Africa) was a fossil fuel producer and it would be the “height of folly” to phase this out. “We’re not going to decimate coal.”
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Giyani produces high-purity manganese oxide in Johannesburg

TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals, which is developing the K. Hill battery-grade manganese project in Botswana, has announced the successful production of high-purity manganese oxide (HPMO) at its demonstration (demo) plant in Johannesburg. The production of HPMO, which serves as a precursor for high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM), marks a significant development in the company’s efforts to capitalise on the rapidly growing market for electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage system (ESS) batteries.
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