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Multimedia Oct 13, 2020

Rose Mutiso on TED: The energy Africa needs to develop — and fight climate change

Rose Mutiso

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High Energy Planet Podcast

A bi-weekly podcast that brings new and unconventional thinking on solutions for global energy poverty and energy access.

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Memo Sep 20, 2023

Most Energy Transition Scenarios for Africa Ignore Development: Insufficient focus on economic growth threatens climate action

Moussa Blimpo

Shaping Energy Transitions

Report Sep 15, 2023

Harnessing the Power of Transparency: A Proposal for G20 Global Disclosure Standards for Power Sector Contracts

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Mohamed Rali Badissy, Rushaiya Ibrahim-Tanko, Todd Moss (+1...)

Making Markets Work

Blog Sep 12, 2023

Showing Policy Impact Isn’t Straightforward. Here’s Our Method to the Messiness.

All think tanks face a central quandary: explaining how their work leads to tangible change in the world. It’s a core question for us at the Energy for Growth Hub.

Sarah Jane Staats, Todd Moss

Memo Sep 06, 2023

Digital technologies could help create the jobs Africa needs — but will there be energy to power them?

Unreliable electricity could derail the promise of Africa’s digital economy.

Moussa Blimpo

Future of Energy Tech

Memo Aug 28, 2023

Does the DFC’s Portfolio Match Its Development Mandate?

BLUF: DFC’s portfolio is increasingly skewed toward richer markets in direct contradiction to its original development mandate and congressional intent. The trend is a result of external pressures placed on the agency plus internal limitations that Congress can mitigate in future reauthorization.

Todd Moss, Hamna Tariq

Making Markets Work

Infographics Memo Jul 26, 2023

Running the Nuclear Export Gauntlet

We mapped the 8 agencies and 25 offices needed to develop and export an advanced nuclear reactor.

Jacob Kincer, Sagatom Saha

Future of Energy Tech

Blog Jul 19, 2023

Should EITI Expand its Mission to Include the Energy Transition? 3 Reflections from Dakar

Rushaiya Ibrahim-Tanko

Shaping Energy Transitions

Report Jul 11, 2023

A Review of Trinidad and Tobago’s Electricity Sector and PPA Process

Kevin Ramnarine

Making Markets Work

Memo Jul 10, 2023

Bridges to Nowhere: Poor Power Quality Prevents Growth

Civian Kiki Massa, Jay Taneja

Better Metrics and Data

Multimedia Jul 01, 2023

High Energy Planet – All Episodes

A podcast on how to end energy poverty and power prosperity for everyone.

Rose Mutiso, Katie Auth

Better Metrics and Data

Memo Jun 23, 2023

Time for Africa to Assert its Energy Sovereignty: A Call to Africa’s Leaders Ahead of COP28

Habiba Ahut Daggash, Jabri Ibrahim

Shaping Energy Transitions

Blog Jun 21, 2023

Tyranny of the (Anti-Nuclear) Minority at the World Bank

Who's really against nuclear power? Here are the numbers.

Todd Moss, Jacob Kincer

Future of Energy Tech

Infographics Jun 17, 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa emits a tiny fraction of the world’s CO₂

Hannah Ritchie

Better Metrics and Data

Multimedia Jun 01, 2023

Coffee Break Briefing: Mapping Geopolitical Competition for Nuclear Exports

Jacob Kincer, Jessica Lovering, Katie Auth

Future of Energy Tech

Memo May 23, 2023

2023 Map: The World Wants Nuclear Energy. China and Russia are Racing Ahead.

Jacob Kincer

Future of Energy Tech

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