Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world when it comes to global warming, but the continent is stepping up efforts to find solutions with backing from climate funds. Twenty-seven nations – half of Africa – have signed up to pilot programmes financed by the African Development Bank’s Climate Investment Funds (CIF), which aim to help countries and communities tackle climate change by adapting to extreme weather, adopting renewable energy and sustainable forestr

A gradual process of development has started yielding results for African hydropower, with a swathe of international hydro and associated power export projects under way or planned. It seems that Africa is becoming a more attractive place to invest in infrastructure development, but what has changed? Figure: a graphical representation of the so-called "energy gap" on the African continent It is well known that Africa has an abundance of hydropower resources, but it remains in