Africa’s Energy Transition, Explained Clearly. Reported Honestly
Africa’s Energy Transition, Explained Clearly. Reported Honestly
Energy Transition Africa is an Africa-focused media platform examining the politics, power, and people shaping the continent’s energy future, from climate justice to critical minerals and fossil fuel phase-out.

US. energy infrastructure alongside African renewable power installations, illustrating America’s climate withdrawal and its impact on Africa’s energy transition.
When the United States Walks Away: What Trump’s UN Climate Withdrawal Means for Africa’s Energy Transition
African mining and renewable energy infrastructure linked to clean-technology supply chains.
Africa’s Minerals and the Global Clean-Tech Race: Beyond Extraction to Industrial Strategy
African engineers working on hybrid grid and solar energy infrastructure.
Reimagining Africa’s Energy Futures: From Models to Action by 2030
Solar mini-grid powering homes and businesses in an African community.
The Mini-Grid Money Problem: Why Africa’s Energy Solution Is Still Stuck

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Our latest analysis, explainers, and reporting on Africa’s energy transition from global policy shifts to on-the-ground realities.
US. energy infrastructure alongside African renewable power installations, illustrating America’s climate withdrawal and its impact on Africa’s energy transition.
When the United States withdraws from global climate institutions, the consequences are never confined to Washington.
US. energy infrastructure alongside African renewable power installations, illustrating America’s climate withdrawal and its impact on Africa’s energy transition.
From major climate summits and policy announcements to new reports and investment signals, this section offers deep insights
US. energy infrastructure alongside African renewable power installations, illustrating America’s climate withdrawal and its impact on Africa’s energy transition.
Mini-grids are one of the rare areas in Africa’s energy transition where consensus exists and they work.They deliver reliable power
US. energy infrastructure alongside African renewable power installations, illustrating America’s climate withdrawal and its impact on Africa’s energy transition.
These concise briefings highlight policy shifts, political risks, investment trends, and advocacy moments that matter

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African energy infrastructure representing geopolitics between Africa, China, and the United States.

Energy Transition

For much of the last decade, the global energy transition was framed as a technical exercise, a matter of replacing […]
Large mining trucks lined up at a critical minerals site with a nearby African settlement or workers visible, highlighting the contrast between mineral wealth and local realities.

Critical Minerals

There is a growing conviction in global energy circles that Africa holds the keys to the world’s decarbonisation. The minerals […]
A young African boy studying at a wooden table under a bright lamp in a rural clay-walled home, symbolising hope despite energy poverty.

Community & Justice

I grew up counting nights by how dark they felt. In our part of Nigeria, as in most parts of […]
African natural gas facility with pipelines under sunset, reflecting the tension between Africa’s gas ambitions and global green energy commitments.

Fossil Fuels

On the morning the G20 released its South Africa Declaration, a senior official in Abuja joked quietly to a colleague: […]