With significant investment, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region could attain full energy access and 53 percent renewable energy (RE) capacity by 2040 while on its way towards zero-carbon growth. However, there is increasing concern that SADC countries have become economically vulnerable and increasingly unable to take on more external debt due to the […]
By Maureen Heydt On November 19, 2020, the Global Development Policy center hosted a webinar to discuss the findings of the new report ‘Expanding Renewable Energy for Access and Development: The Role of Development Finance Institutions in Southern Africa’, co-produced with the SADC Development Finance Resource Centre (SADC-DFRC), the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and […]
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed many of inherent societal fragilities. As countries in Southern Africa recover from the crisis and mobilize to ensure resilience and sustainability are built into their economies, reinvigorating development finance to invest in renewable energy and energy access will be essential for the people and countries of the Southern African Development […]