The engagement had this year at the AIF was equally outstanding as last year. The energy in the room was palpable. The focus was lasered in even more than previously for the transaction. Here is a link to the closing ceremony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLxA5zfR39U With the participation of Governments, DFI’s, global financial institutions, project sponsors and developers […]

This week there are two podcasts that make for very interesting listening. The first is a Columbia Energy Exchange discussion of the BP Energy Review 2019. There are many challenging thoughts in this chat. The review itself can be found here. Take this information into account with the following podcast from PrivCap and it becomes increasingly evident that risk reduction is […]

What is energy? It takes so many forms. From days gone by it was characterized by one resource primarily. Coal. The thing is that coal existed beside other forms of energy production as well. The waterwheel and the windmill where standard forms of “off-grid” energy generation. These forms of energy generation served a specific purpose […]

A population growth like none ever seen before is underway in Africa. At the same time investment risk is still seen as higher in Africa than in other markets. Why is that? In many cases, risk perception vs risk reality has a spread. The population growth is creating an endless supply of opportunity for investment […]

The headline ” Going digital could boost Sub-Saharan economic – World Bank” caught my eye today. It has been something that I have been pondering for a while now. How does the energy sector benefit from a digital immersion? The very basics start to manifest themselves in subtle ways. Mobile banking is now back on the […]