撒哈拉以南非洲太阳能出口增长，尼日利亚与肯尼亚成最快增长市场
Solar power a shining example of export progress across sub-Saharan Africa
尼日利亚和肯尼亚成为撒哈拉以南非洲太阳能技术出口增长最快的市场，尼日利亚在第一季度末进入美国太阳能板供应国前十，该国约40%的太阳能出口流向美国。DHL Express 撒哈拉以南非洲首席执行官 Hennie Heymans 表示，尼日利亚和肯尼亚对美太阳能板出口增长惊人，非洲“新能源”垂直领域同比增长20%。
19 October 2026
Solar energy is becoming increasingly important for bolstering sub-Saharan Africa’s trading potential, with supply chain executives telling The Loadstar that Kenya and Nigeria are two of the fastest-growing markets for the technology.
By the end of the first quarter, Nigeria had climbed into the top 10 of solar panel suppliers to the US, with some 40% of the country’s total exports of the technology, totalling $64bn, ending up in the US.
That growth has been felt by forwarders and logistics partners. DHL Express’s chief executive for Sub-Saharan Africa, Hennie Heymans, told The Loadstar the company was seeing “incredible growth” in solar-panel exports out of Nigeria – and nor is that country alone.
“We actually see an incredible growth in solar panel exports towards the United States from Nigeria and Kenya,” he said, pointing out that for Africa in general the “new energy” vertical was proving something of a winner, experiencing 20% growth year on year.
Interestingly, local forwarders told The Loadstar solar panels were also proffering volumes in the reverse direction for Kenya, although there was debate around whether the volumes were part of a local redevelopment of energy infrastructure or the result of chaos in the supply chains.
One forwarder told The Loadstar that, amid the situation in Hormuz and growing pockets of congestion at typical transhipment hubs, volumes were routing via Kenya in an effort to avoid being caught up in the chaos.
Mr Heymans, however, believes the growth in solar typifies the present story across Africa, noting that DHL had experienced a recent uptick in enquiries about special economic zones (SEZs) in several African countries, particularly Kenya and South Africa.
Without stating just how many SEZ-related enquiries his office had handled, Mr Heymans said: “In Kenya, we have seen interest focused specifically on Mombasa, as well as Nairobi, and we have seen new entrants in both locations.”
And he is not alone in noting this: businesses the world over are reassessing international supply chains amid geopolitical tension and changing trade policies, with growing indications that the continent is more than well suited as a base for production.
来源：The Loadstar · theloadstar.com