It is feared production in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa’s largest producer of the red metal, will drop this year due to power supply shortages to its largest producing region but also due to cost–cutting measures taken by companies to withstan...

Tuesday, Total stated it had sold one million solar lamps throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia under its Awango programme launched late 2012. The French oil giant is aiming to sell five million lamps by 2020.