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Powering Africa’s Digital Future: The Challenge of Energy for Data Center Development

Bracewell LLP on 4/17/2025

As the global economy increasingly digitizes, the infrastructure supporting this shift must evolve accordingly. In Africa, where the demand for digital services is surging — fueled by mobile penetration, fintech innovation,...more

Mining in Africa and its role in the global energy transition

A&O Shearman on 2/6/2024

The road to decarbonisation - From the copper belts of Zambia and the lithium and cobalt deposits in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the manganese mines in Gabon, the African continent holds much of the promise...more

Decarbonisation in Africa

A&O Shearman on 11/27/2023

As the world focuses on energy transition and decarbonisation, there is clearly no shortage of bold ambition on the part of many African governments to play a key role in global efforts to tackle climate change. Meanwhile,...more

Spotlight on Lusophone trends in Africa: Economic development and energy transition – how do you strike the right balance?

A&O Shearman on 7/7/2023

As with many African nations, Lusophone countries on the continent are trying to balance a need to raise revenue to invest in economic development, often from exploiting fossil fuel resources, and the need to transition to...more

Can Africa’s green energy transition bring much-needed power to its people?

A&O Shearman on 6/19/2023

Hundreds of millions of people across Africa still lack access to electricity. Urvi Gudka, Senior Associate in Allen & Overy’s Projects, Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure practice, discusses how the increasingly...more

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