Row rect Shape Decorative svg added to bottom EVENTS | 19 JANUARY 2021 Absa Insights Power Utilities and Infrastructure Click here to register for the webinar Absa | Corporate and Investment Banking > Insights and Events > Absa Insights Power Utilities and Infrastructure SHARE Absa Insights Power Utilities and Infrastructure Consider this. Right now, despite our abundance of alternative energy sources and natural resources, there are 600 million people across Africa who do not have access to electricity. With sufficient reserves of gas, solar, wind, biomass and water, we urgently need to identify a way to rapidly harness these resources, to create an enabling environment for these projects to come online and drive economic activity. As a bank, Absa is committed to a sustainable future for our continent through empowering our clients to make smarter business decisions. This is why we are proud to present the third instalment of our Insights Series for 2020: a comprehensive look at the Power Utilities & Infrastructure Sector and how we are on the brink of a revolution when it comes to long-term power security. Click here to register for the webinar https://cib.absa.africa/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/file_example_MP3_700KB.mp3 Latest insights A look at the factors driving infrastructure projects across the continent today. POWER, UTILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE INSIGHTS The Risk Problem with Investors Treating African Energy as One Market The El Niño-linked drought that parched Southern Africa in 2024 emptied one of the most important pieces of energy infrastructure on the continent. Lake Kariba, which stretches across the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, dropped towards some of its lowest usable levels in years as rainfall across the Zambezi basin dwindled. Read more POWER, UTILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE INSIGHTS Africa’s Power Market is Learning to Share British power developer Gridworks recently signed two landmark agreements with the Government of Uganda to begin construction on the Amari Project, widely regarded as Africa’s first independent transmission project to reach this phase. Read more POWER, UTILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE INSIGHTS Africa’s Industries Are Power Hungry, And Investors Want a Seat at the Table When New York-based energy firm Hydro-Link partnered last year with Swiss infrastructure group Mitrelli to develop a 1,150-kilometre transmission line between Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the logic behind the investment was difficult to miss. Read more EVENTS Africa Energy Forum 2026 Africa’s energy future is not shaped by ambition alone. It is shaped by the ability to move from ambition to action, and from opportunity to execution. Read more POWER, UTILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE INSIGHTS What Africa’s Renewable Investment Wave Requires Most Is Design There are established markets, and then there are conditions that precede them. Africa’s renewable energy sector finds itself suspended between the two – an area where assets have begun to accumulate, but where the mechanisms for scaled capital reallocation remain embryonic. Read more POWER, UTILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE INSIGHTS Africa Is Rewriting the Rules of Clean Power – As It Plays the Game Africa holds a critical position in the global energy transition – both as a frontier for renewable deployment and as a proving ground for how legal and policy instruments can be used to mobilise capital at scale. Read more POWER, UTILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE INSIGHTS De-Risking Africa’s Renewable Energy Agenda Every driver starts a long journey with the same question: am I prepared for potential issues? The spare tyre is checked, fluids topped up, and the route carefully mapped. Preparation is built in from the start, not improvised when conditions change. Read more
