October 17, 2025
Jodie Keane, Principal Research Fellow at the International Economic Development Group, discusses how green trade measures are transforming African economies, stressing the need for faire ...
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October 03, 2025Rachid Yazami, Président & Directeur technique de KVI Battery et inventeur de l'anode-graphite pour les batteries lithium-ion, revient sur le rôle de l’intelligence artificielle dans ...
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October 3, 2025Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly emerging as both an energy optimizer and a structural source of energy demand. While AI promises efficiency gains in forecasting, grid management, and emissions reduction, its expansion is already reshaping electricity systems: data center consumption could more than double by 2030. Beyond this techno-economic duality lies a deeper challenge: the sovereignty of digital and energy systems. AI rests on highly concentrated supply chains of chips, ... -
September 30, 2025This episode explores Morocco’s green hydrogen offer, focusing on governance frameworks, ecosystem development, and flagship projects. It highlights strategic national initiatives and partnerships with industry stakeholders, while addressing technological advances, regulatory hurdles, a... -
September 26, 2025This episode explores Morocco’s comprehensive energy transition strategy, emphasizing sovereignty, competitiveness, and decarbonization. It highlights infrastructure priorities, including grids, ports, storage, and LNG, and situates green hydrogen as a key lever within the energy mix. T...
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September 24, 2025The African Atlantic Gas Pipeline will transform energy access across West Africa and link the continent to Europe. Stretching over 5,700 km, it will deliver 30 billion cubic meters of gas per year across Africa and 18 billion to Europe, providing electricity for over 400 million people...
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September 24, 2025This episode explores how green hydrogen can drive Morocco’s energy transition and economic development, with a focus on export opportunities to Europe, integration into industrial value chains, and the development of supporting infrastructure. It highlights financing mechanisms and tec...
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September 24, 2025The global energy landscape is at a critical turning point. While the urgency to act on climate change is clearer than ever, energy security concerns - amplified by geopolitical tensions ...
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September 23, 2025On September 23, 2025, the Policy Center for the New South, the Imal Initiative for Climate & Development, and the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, will co-organize the second edition of the Rihla Initiative Panel Series under the theme of Gulf Investment in Green Economic Growth Acr...
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August 27, 2025La parution de la dernière édition (la 74ème) de la Statistical Review of World Energy (SRWE, 2025) est une bonne occasion de faire le point sur certaines grandes tendances du monde de l’énergie. Dans cette note, nous nous centrerons sur le continent africain. Tous les chiffres ci-dessous sont extraits de ce document et portent sur l’année 2024, sauf indication contraire. Les chiffres de la SRWE portent sur les énergies qui font l’objet d’échanges commerciaux, ce qui inclut les éner ... -
August 19, 2025The author of this opinion, Salem Afeworki, is a 2016 alumna of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program.Creating sustainable, carbon-free cities requires more than technical and technological solutions—it demands a fundamental shift in leadership and decision-making. After sixteen years leading sustainability initiatives across four continents, I've discovered that intergenerational leadership is both morally right and strategically essential for effective and last ... -
August 18, 2025China's ascent to the position of the world's most prominent energy consumer has altered global energy markets and fundamentally reshaped the geopolitics of energy security. As China navigates the complexities of sustaining its economic momentum, ensuring access to reliable, affordable, and diversified energy sources has become an existential imperative, intricately woven into its foreign policy strategy. In parallel, Africa's immense wealth of both conventional and renewable resour ... -
August 7, 2025This episode focuses on the Africa Pulse Report 2025, the World Bank’s flagship analysis of economic trends and policy challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. As the region works to strengthen its recovery while contending with structural and macroeconomic difficulties, Andrew Dabalen, Chief ...
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July 24, 2025This episode explores the potential of debt-for-climate swaps as a strategic tool to address climate challenges and fiscal constraints in developing countries. While implementation has often been slow and fragmented, the conversation examines practical experiences from regions like Lati...
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July 22, 2025During my mid-2025 visit to Morocco my second trip to the country that year I experienced a distinct and powerful shift in momentum. The Global Growth Congress, where I had the honour of speaking on “Africa’s Energy Future: From Potential to Power,” transcended the usual conference format; it felt like a turning point. The event reflected a growing acknowledgment that Africa’s role in the global energy landscape is no longer peripheral but central. The stakes have been raised, the c ...
