News IAEA explores Africa’s nuclear power options The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched a new outlook on nuclear power in Africa. The report surveys the continent’s current energy landscape, highlighting the prospects for nuclear power to address the lack of electricity avaliable to a large portion of the population. South Africa is for now the only African country with nuclear power, with the two- unit Koeberg nuclear power plant near Cape Town supplying almost 2GW of capacity. South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear power plant. Green Genset Facility (GGF), has secured a US$7mn grant to fund a new facility to help small businesses across the continent expand their clean energy coverage through solar. Maxime Marion, managing director of GGF, said the additional grant funding “enables GGF to power-charge the solar generator market in sub-Saharan Africa. “For too long small and medium distributors have been priced out of the market by onerous, inaccessible and complex finance facilities, limiting customer choice and restricting competitive market growth and the GGF funding marks a step change in the market.” Green Genset Facility aquires solar funding The grant has been created to help small businesses buy more solar generators. 6 SEPTEMBER 2025 | www.africanreview.com