Africa goes green with energy transformation

Renewables embraced to ease power shortages, thanks to Chinese backing

Chinese investments in renewable energy in Africa are bringing hope to a continent where power shortages are common, with the green-themed projects also winning kudos for helping to tackle climate change.

From the Sakai photovoltaic power station in the Central African Republic and the Garissa solar plant in Kenya to the Aysha wind farm in Ethiopia and Zambia's Kafue Gorge hydroelectric station, China has implemented hundreds of clean-energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

The projects are seen as crucial at a time when the effects of climate change are causing increasing concern across the globe－including the heat waves that have hit parts of North Africa and a drought devastating communities across the Horn of Africa.