Win the APO Energy Media Awards and travel to Dubai to attend the Africa Energy Forum

African governments, investors, and international financial institutions must significantly scale up investment in energy to unlock Africa’s potential as a global low-carbon superpower.

That is the main message of a new report from Kofi Annan’s Africa Progress Panel, Power, People, Planet: Seizing Africa’s Energy and Climate Opportunities (http://www.africaprogresspanel.org). The report calls for a ten-fold increase in power generation to provide all Africans with access to electricity by...

Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, Founder and CEO of APO (African Press Organization).

The second-place winner will be awarded $300 a month for one year, and the third-place winner will receive $200 a month for one year.

APO (African Press Organization) (http://www.apo-opa.com), the sole press release wire in Africa and the global leader in media relations relating to Africa, announced today that entry is now open for the 2014 APO Media Award (#APOMediaAward).

The first-place winner will be...

From Left to Right: Hon. Lazaro Nyalandu, MP, Tanzania Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism; Jessica Joseph, Producer; Ray Parisi, Executive Producer, CNBC; Allan Kijazi, Director General, Tanzania National Parks; and H.E. Amb. Liberata Mulamula, Tanzania Ambassador to the United States.From Left to Right: Hon. Lazaro Nyalandu, MP, Tanzania Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism; Norma Spadola, Sales Director, Abercrombie & Kent; H.E. Amb. Liberata Mulamula, Tanzania Ambassador to the...

APO Media Award celebrates brilliant and inspiring stories about Africa

Ten African journalists, including three in Kenya, two in Ethiopia, two in South Africa, one  in Burkina Faso, one in Ghana, and one in Rwanda, have been selected as finalists in the 2014 APO Media Award (#APOMediaAward) (http://www.apo-opa.com/apo-media-award.php).

APO Media Award celebrates brilliant and inspiring stories about Africa. Stories are judged on content, writing, analysis, creativity, human interest and...

The United Nations and partners launched on Monday a $5-billion initiative to expand renewable energy capacity in Africa as secretary-general Ban Ki-moon told the UN climate change conference (COP21) in Paris that saving energy is a triple-win in the battle against global warming.

A power pool involving Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia needs to learn from Europe on its implementation.

A special ceremony held in Grenoble (France) in the presence of Mrs Tracy Garner, Global Anti-counterfeiting Manager at Schneider Electric

Winners of the first Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa on Thursday received their awards during a special ceremony held in Grenoble (France) in the presence of Mrs Tracy Garner, Global Anti-counterfeiting Manager at Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com).

The Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa was...

Can Africa use green energy to ease power shortages?

African leaders need to consider the fact that one in three Africans, that’s 600 million people, has no access to electricity. Neither do some 10 million small and medium-sized enterprises.