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Hurricane Melissa exposed the fragilities of Jamaica’s energy grid. When the hurricane hit on October 28, 2025, as a powerful category five storm, 540,000 customers, or 70% of Jamaicans on the island’s sole electricity grid, were left without power. Several transmission and distribution networks operated by the country’s only electricity provider, The Jamaica Public Service (JPS), were severely damaged.

Strive Masiyiwa, who sits on Netflix’s board , is Zimbabwe’s only billionaire but has reportedly not returned to his country of birth since 2000. However, earlier this month, he surprised market observers by announcing financing for a 300-hectare hybrid green energy and large-scale data center industrial park that will power AI and logistics operations. Startup owners are thrilled that green energy and big data infrastructure are breaking out of the Big 5 African nations (Ken

Despite challenges, biogas has the potential to make a significant impact in Africa. It can be produced on a small scale for household use or on a larger scale for industrial applications. Biogas can provide energy for cooking, lighting, heating, electricity generation, and fertilizer production for agricultural purposes. In fact, researchers are even exploring ways to use biogas systems to produce animal feed.