2025, according to the Global Solar Council's own research. This represents a 54% year-on-year Accordingly, 2025 marks a major milestone for the continent, recording the highest annual solar installations to date following the slowdown observed last year. Until now, 2023 had held the record, with nearly 3.1 GW deployed across Africa. The rebound observed in 2025 reflects the impact of improving project economics, that enabled rapid scale-up of both distributed and In an unprecedented surge, African countries capacity in 2025, according to the Global Solar Council own research. This represents a South Africa continues to lead the continent, increasing its solar installations to 1,602 Mw in 2025, up from 1,108 Mw the previous year. This growth was driven primarily by the expansion of