Africa

Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna urges government to cease export finance to coal industry and calls for new town twinning programme with Africa

Study finds low carbon technology is the fastest route to development for the 70 per cent of sub-Saharan Africans without energy access

Bloomberg Philanthropies to provide $5m loan to Little Sun as it seeks to replace the kerosene lamp across Africa

Charity offers new corporate opportunities to help it eradicate the kerosene lamp from Africa by 2020

SolarAid hits major milestone on its path to eradicating the kerosene lamp in Africa

SolarAid chairman Jeremy Leggett writes about the three days he spent with the SunnyMoney team in Kenya and Zambia

Sunny Money's head of operations in Kenya explains how solar lamps are helping to transform people's lives

New research calls for greater protection to prevent malaria spreading into higher altitudes in Africa and South America

Tech giant becomes first buyer of carbon credits for Makira REDD+ scheme

SolarAid secures funding to conduct two-year study to understand how renewable energy can improve lives in Kenya