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Tendai Moyo

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Tendai Moyo

Senior Correspondent, Technology & Energy

Harare, Zimbabwe Energy, Technology, Policy

Tendai Moyo is a Harare-born journalist and analyst with over a decade of experience covering Africa's energy transition and technology sector. He has reported from energy conferences in Cape Town, Lagos, and Nairobi, and his work has been cited by the World Bank and African Development Bank in policy briefs. Tendai holds a degree in Economics from the University of Zimbabwe and a postgraduate diploma in Journalism from Rhodes University.

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Mozambique’s LNG Ambitions Face Regional Instability and Global Market Shifts
Energy

Mozambique’s LNG Ambitions Face Regional Instability and Global Market Shifts

Mozambique is pushing forward with its massive LNG projects, but regional security concerns and shifting global energy demands present significant hurdles for investors.

Tendai MoyoNov 2, 20265 min read
Mozambique LNG: BPCL’s Multi-Billion Dollar Bet Amid Regional Instability
Energy

Mozambique LNG: BPCL’s Multi-Billion Dollar Bet Amid Regional Instability

India’s BPCL is doubling down on Mozambique’s LNG potential with a $1.8 billion investment, signaling confidence in the project despite ongoing security and infrastructure challenges.

Tendai MoyoNov 1, 20265 min read
The Clean Energy Shift: Why Private Capital is Flocking to African Renewables
Energy

The Clean Energy Shift: Why Private Capital is Flocking to African Renewables

Private sector investment in African clean energy has tripled since 2019, driven by falling technology costs and a growing demand for decentralized power solutions.

Tendai MoyoNov 1, 20265 min read
Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Boosts Mini-Grid Innovation
Energy

Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Boosts Mini-Grid Innovation

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa is deploying new capital to support pioneering energy-agriculture mini-grid projects, enhancing rural productivity.

Tendai MoyoNov 1, 20265 min read
Niger and AfDB Strengthen Energy Resilience Through Strategic Deal
Energy

Niger and AfDB Strengthen Energy Resilience Through Strategic Deal

Niger has secured a major funding agreement with the African Development Bank to bolster its energy infrastructure and enhance national economic competitiveness.

Tendai MoyoNov 1, 20265 min read
Nigeria’s Renewable Energy Push: Scaling Solar Infrastructure for Industrial Growth
Energy

Nigeria’s Renewable Energy Push: Scaling Solar Infrastructure for Industrial Growth

Nigeria is accelerating its transition to renewable energy by deploying large-scale solar projects to power industrial clusters and reduce reliance on diesel generators.

Tendai MoyoOct 31, 20265 min read
Kenya’s Geothermal Expansion: Powering the Future of East African Manufacturing
Energy

Kenya’s Geothermal Expansion: Powering the Future of East African Manufacturing

Kenya is leveraging its vast geothermal resources to provide low-cost, sustainable energy, positioning itself as a hub for green manufacturing in East Africa.

Tendai MoyoOct 31, 20265 min read
Scaling Mini-Grids: The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa’s New Strategy
Energy

Scaling Mini-Grids: The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa’s New Strategy

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa is scaling its support for mini-grid projects, focusing on the nexus between energy access and agricultural productivity.

Tendai MoyoOct 29, 20265 min read
Niger and AfDB Advance Energy Resilience Through Strategic Infrastructure Deal
Energy

Niger and AfDB Advance Energy Resilience Through Strategic Infrastructure Deal

Niger’s partnership with the African Development Bank is driving critical energy infrastructure, aiming to boost economic competitiveness and resilience.

Tendai MoyoOct 29, 20265 min read
Savannah Energy and GRIPS Drive Distributed Power Expansion in Africa
Energy

Savannah Energy and GRIPS Drive Distributed Power Expansion in Africa

Savannah Energy and GRIPS Energy are scaling up solar and power infrastructure in East and Southern Africa to meet rising industrial demand.

Tendai MoyoOct 25, 20265 min read
Mauritania’s $300 Million Hybrid Energy Deal Sets New Regional Benchmark
Energy

Mauritania’s $300 Million Hybrid Energy Deal Sets New Regional Benchmark

Mauritania has finalized a $300 million agreement with Iwa Green Energy to develop a 60-megawatt hybrid solar-wind project, marking a milestone for the nation.

Tendai MoyoOct 25, 20265 min read
Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Targets $2 Million Agribusiness Boost
Energy

Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Targets $2 Million Agribusiness Boost

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) is deploying $2 million to support a pioneering energy-agriculture mini-grid project, enhancing rural productivity.

Tendai MoyoOct 25, 20265 min read
Burundi’s $1.4 Billion Energy Deal: A Catalyst for Regional Development
Energy

Burundi’s $1.4 Billion Energy Deal: A Catalyst for Regional Development

Anzana Electric’s $1.4 billion investment in Burundi promises to electrify millions, setting a new standard for infrastructure development in the region.

Tendai MoyoOct 20, 20265 min read
Shell’s Nigerian Exit: The Changing Guard of West African Energy Assets
Energy

Shell’s Nigerian Exit: The Changing Guard of West African Energy Assets

Shell’s divestment of its Nigerian gas business to Vaaris Energy marks a pivotal transition in the ownership of Africa’s critical energy infrastructure.

Tendai MoyoOct 19, 20265 min read
Zimbabwe's Lithium Boom: Powering the Global EV Revolution
Mining

Zimbabwe's Lithium Boom: Powering the Global EV Revolution

As global demand for electric vehicles surges, Zimbabwe's vast lithium reserves are positioning the country as a critical player in the battery supply chain — but can it capture more than raw export value?

Tendai MoyoAug 28, 20266 min read
Cassava to Starch: Adding Value Where the Soil Meets the Factory
Agriculture

Cassava to Starch: Adding Value Where the Soil Meets the Factory

Across West and Southern Africa, cassava processing is shifting from subsistence to industrial, creating new opportunities for smallholders and food manufacturers alike.

Tendai MoyoAug 19, 20265 min read
Hyperscale Data Centers Land in Africa: The Cloud Infrastructure Build-Out Begins
Technology

Hyperscale Data Centers Land in Africa: The Cloud Infrastructure Build-Out Begins

Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Oracle have all launched or expanded cloud regions in Africa — bringing the compute infrastructure that local startups, banks, and governments need to build and scale.

Tendai MoyoJul 12, 20264 min read
Africa's Seed Systems: The Innovation Gap at the Root of Food Security
Agriculture

Africa's Seed Systems: The Innovation Gap at the Root of Food Security

Improved seed varieties could boost African crop yields by 30-50%. Yet most smallholders still plant recycled seed generations removed from the varieties that agronomists recommend. Fixing seed systems is Africa's most important agricultural challenge.

Tendai MoyoJun 30, 20265 min read
Green Hydrogen: Southern Africa's Next Industrial Frontier
Energy

Green Hydrogen: Southern Africa's Next Industrial Frontier

With abundant solar and wind resources, Southern Africa is positioned to become a global green hydrogen exporter — if the infrastructure investment arrives in time.

Tendai MoyoJun 28, 20265 min read
Climate-Smart Agriculture: Adapting African Farming to a Warming Continent
Agriculture

Climate-Smart Agriculture: Adapting African Farming to a Warming Continent

African agriculture is uniquely vulnerable to climate change. Climate-smart practices — drought-tolerant varieties, conservation tillage, agroforestry — are being scaled across the continent.

Tendai MoyoJun 25, 20265 min read
Victoria Falls: The Tourism Engine Powering Zimbabwe's Economic Revival
Tourism

Victoria Falls: The Tourism Engine Powering Zimbabwe's Economic Revival

The world's largest waterfall is at the centre of a reinvigorated push to make Zimbabwe one of Africa's premier tourism destinations.

Tendai MoyoJun 25, 20265 min read
Zimbabwe's Manufacturing Output Hits 12-Year High
Manufacturing

Zimbabwe's Manufacturing Output Hits 12-Year High

Latest ZimStat data shows manufacturing output grew 8.4% in Q1 2026, the strongest performance since 2014, driven by food processing and building materials.

Tendai MoyoJun 25, 20267 min read
5G Industrial Applications: Africa's Leap-Frog Opportunity
Technology

5G Industrial Applications: Africa's Leap-Frog Opportunity

As African nations roll out 5G networks, industrial applications in manufacturing, mining, and logistics could deliver transformative productivity gains.

Tendai MoyoJun 25, 20264 min read
Blockchain in African Supply Chains: Traceability from Farm to Shelf
Technology

Blockchain in African Supply Chains: Traceability from Farm to Shelf

Blockchain-based traceability systems are giving African agricultural exporters a powerful tool to prove provenance, command premium prices, and access sustainability-conscious markets.

Tendai MoyoJun 23, 20264 min read
Heritage Tourism: Monetising Africa's Archaeological and Cultural Wealth
Tourism

Heritage Tourism: Monetising Africa's Archaeological and Cultural Wealth

From Great Zimbabwe to Lalibela, Africa's extraordinary heritage sites are underperforming as tourist attractions. A new generation of operators is changing that.

Tendai MoyoJun 20, 20265 min read
Manufacturing Jobs and Automation: Can Africa Industrialise Before the Robots Arrive?
Manufacturing

Manufacturing Jobs and Automation: Can Africa Industrialise Before the Robots Arrive?

The conventional path to development — labour-intensive manufacturing absorbing surplus agricultural labour — is being disrupted by automation. Africa needs a new industrial model.

Tendai MoyoJun 16, 20267 min read
The Sahel's Solar Belt: Building a Renewable Energy Corridor Across West Africa
Energy

The Sahel's Solar Belt: Building a Renewable Energy Corridor Across West Africa

The Sahel region receives more solar irradiance than almost anywhere on earth. Turning that resource into electricity — and transmitting it to where people live — is West Africa's defining infrastructure challenge.

Tendai MoyoJun 12, 20265 min read
Data Centres in Africa: The Infrastructure Underpinning the Digital Economy
Technology

Data Centres in Africa: The Infrastructure Underpinning the Digital Economy

Africa's rapidly growing digital economy needs data centre infrastructure. A wave of investment is building the backbone — but questions about energy and sovereignty remain.

Tendai MoyoJun 7, 20264 min read
Hydropower and the Nile: Water, Power, and Geopolitics in East Africa
Energy

Hydropower and the Nile: Water, Power, and Geopolitics in East Africa

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has changed the geopolitics of East African energy and water forever. What it means for the region's power development trajectory.

Tendai MoyoJun 2, 20265 min read
Zimbabwe's Steel Renaissance: How Local Mills Are Reclaiming Market Share
Manufacturing

Zimbabwe's Steel Renaissance: How Local Mills Are Reclaiming Market Share

After years of decline, Zimbabwe's steel industry is staging a remarkable comeback driven by infrastructure demand and policy reforms.

Tendai MoyoJun 1, 20267 min read
Ethiopia's Industrial Parks: A Model for Africa's Manufacturing Future?
Manufacturing

Ethiopia's Industrial Parks: A Model for Africa's Manufacturing Future?

Ethiopia's Chinese-modelled industrial park strategy attracted billions in garment and textile investment in the 2010s. The lessons — positive and cautionary — for Africa's industrialisation agenda.

Tendai MoyoMay 28, 20267 min read
Power Purchase Agreements and the Future of African Renewable Energy Investment
Energy

Power Purchase Agreements and the Future of African Renewable Energy Investment

Bankable power purchase agreements are the foundation of private renewable energy investment. Getting the contractual and regulatory architecture right is the difference between attracting capital and losing it.

Tendai MoyoMay 22, 20265 min read
The Drone Logistics Revolution Reaches African Warehouses
Technology

The Drone Logistics Revolution Reaches African Warehouses

Beyond medical deliveries, autonomous drones are entering industrial warehousing and last-mile freight across African markets.

Tendai MoyoMay 10, 20264 min read
Biofuels and the African Sugar Industry: A Convergence Story
Energy

Biofuels and the African Sugar Industry: A Convergence Story

Sugar producers across Africa are integrating ethanol distilleries, transforming from single-commodity agro-processors into diversified energy companies.

Tendai MoyoApr 20, 20265 min read
The AfCFTA at Three: What African Industry Has Gained — and Lost
Manufacturing

The AfCFTA at Three: What African Industry Has Gained — and Lost

Three years into the African Continental Free Trade Area's operation, industrial sectors are taking stock of winners, losers, and unfinished business.

Tendai MoyoMar 30, 20267 min read
Copper's Central Role in the Energy Transition — and What It Means for Zambia
Manufacturing

Copper's Central Role in the Energy Transition — and What It Means for Zambia

The global energy transition will require more copper than has ever been mined. Zambia, sitting atop world-class deposits, faces a generational choice.

Tendai MoyoMar 10, 20267 min read
Africa's Nuclear Ambitions: Countries That Are Seriously Considering Atomic Power
Energy

Africa's Nuclear Ambitions: Countries That Are Seriously Considering Atomic Power

A growing number of African nations are conducting feasibility studies for nuclear power. The geopolitics, economics, and timelines are complex.

Tendai MoyoFeb 18, 20265 min read
The Internet of Things in African Agriculture-Manufacturing Linkages
Technology

The Internet of Things in African Agriculture-Manufacturing Linkages

IoT sensors connecting farms to processors are enabling African agro-industrialists to achieve the quality consistency global markets demand.

Tendai MoyoJan 28, 20264 min read
Electric Vehicle Manufacturing: Which African Country Will Build the First Mass-Market EV?
Mining

Electric Vehicle Manufacturing: Which African Country Will Build the First Mass-Market EV?

The race to assemble — and eventually manufacture — electric vehicles in Africa is intensifying, with Morocco, South Africa, and Rwanda as front-runners.

Tendai MoyoJan 8, 20266 min read
The Platinum Group Metals Paradox: Africa's Wealth and the Hydrogen Economy
Manufacturing

The Platinum Group Metals Paradox: Africa's Wealth and the Hydrogen Economy

Southern Africa dominates global platinum supply — the catalyst central to hydrogen fuel cell technology. The convergence creates an extraordinary strategic opportunity.

Tendai MoyoDec 18, 20257 min read