Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk, Author at Energy Transition Africa

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The Debt Dilemma: Can Climate Deals Free Africa from the Chains of Borrowing?

A quiet revolution is brewing in the corridors of international finance. No, it's not another pledge from the G7 or a flashy COP headline. It’s debt. More precisely, the idea…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 23, 2025Africa, climate finance, debt swaps, debt-for-climate, Energy transition Africa, global south, green financing, just transition, renewable energy

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Community Impact Critical Minerals Energy Transition

Green Minerals, Grey Realities: Can Africa Avoid Another Resource Curse?

Across the plains of Namibia, the copper belt of the DRC, and the lithium fields of Zimbabwe, a quiet race is underway. It’s not a new one, though the names…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 20, 2025Africa Mining Vision, AU, beneficiation, cobalt, critical minerals, DRC, green minerals, just transition, lithium, RECs, resource curse, Zimbabwe

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Energy Transition

Follow the Money: Why Africa Must Demand Accountability in Climate Finance

It is one thing to pledge billions. It’s another to deliver them, transparently, equitably, and in ways that change lives. In the aftermath of every COP summit or climate finance…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 18, 2025Africa, Civil Society, climate finance, climate justice, critical minerals, donor accountability, energy transition, fossil fuel phaseout, JETP, just transition

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Community Impact Energy Transition

Beyond the Buzzwords: Why Africa’s Energy Transition Must Centre People, Not Just Technology

Across conference halls, government roundtables and investor summits, the phrase “energy transition” echoes with growing urgency. Africa is expected to move from energy poverty into a renewable-powered future. Solar mini-grids,…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 16, 2025Africa renewables, climate finance, community energy, energy access, energy justice, just transition, women in energy

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Critical Minerals Uncategorized

Clean or Compromised? The Dirty Dilemma of Refining Africa’s Critical Minerals

Africa is home to more than 30% of the world’s critical minerals; cobalt, lithium, manganese, graphite, all essential for the global energy transition. But while the world’s richest economies are…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 12, 2025critical minerals, CriticalMineralsAfrica, energy transition, ESG Africa, fossil fuels, Green industrialisation, just transition, refining, ValueAddition

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Critical Minerals Governance & Transparency

The Corridor of Promise: Can Lobito Deliver a New Path for Africa’s Minerals?

From Angola’s Atlantic coastline to the copper belts of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, a rail corridor is being carved through the heart of Africa’s mineral wealth. The…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 9, 2025Angola, critical minerals, DRC, energy transition, EnergyTransitionAfrica, infrastructure, just transition, Lobito Corridor, mineral strategy, ValueAddition, Zambia

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Energy Transition Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Africa’s Climate Finance Crisis: The Debt Trap Undermining a Greener Future

In the heart of Africa, a paradox unfolds. A continent so rich in renewable resources, from sun to wind and lithium to cobalt, is simultaneously suffocating under the weight of…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 5, 2025Africa climate finance, African debt and climate change, Civil society climate action, Climate adaptation funding, Climate finance gap Africa, Climate justice Africa, Energy transition Africa, Fossil fuel phaseout Africa, Green energy funding Africa, Green industrialisation, Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), Loss and damage funding, renewable energy Africa, South Africa climate finance

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Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Natural Gas: Africa’s False Dawn or Stepping Stone to a Just Energy Future?

In Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region, natural gas rigs cast long shadows over once-quiet fishing villages. Thousands of kilometres away, South Africa hurries to finalise liquefied natural gas (LNG) import deals…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 3, 2025CleanEnergyTransition, EnergySecurity, JustTransitionAfrica, NaturalGasAfrica, Nigeria, RenewablesAfrica, SouthAfrca

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Critical Minerals

From Raw Deals to Real Power: Can South Africa’s Critical Minerals Strategy Deliver?

South Africa has just made a bold move. Its newly unveiled Critical Minerals Strategy signals a shift from being a raw material supplier to a regional powerhouse in mineral beneficiation…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk May 28, 2025AfricaEnergyTransition, CriticalMinerals, CriticalMineralsAfrica, GreenIndustrialisation, SADC, SouthAfrica, ValueAddition

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Community Impact

Beneath the Surface: How Zambia’s Mining Disaster Exposes the Human Cost of the Energy Transition

On a quiet morning last month, disaster struck in Zambia’s Copperbelt. A tailings dam at a Chinese-owned copper mine burst, releasing toxic sludge into the Kafue River. Communities downstream woke…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk May 27, 2025CopperMining, CriticalMinerals, CriticalMineralsAfrica, EnergyTransitionAfrica, EnvironmentalJustice, EthicalMining, SustainableAfrica, ZambiaMining