Energy Transition Africa

A young African trainee technician wearing a hard hat and holding tools inside an unfinished workshop, symbolizing Africa’s broken skills pipeline and lack of training infrastructure.

Africa’s Skills Pipeline Is Broken: It’s Not Youth, It’s the System

When I spoke to a senior human-resources lead at a major solar-energy company early this year, I expected standard answers: “We need more graduates,” “We lack training,” “We need government…

Vincent Egoro November 21, 2025Africa, energy transition, future of work, skills, Vincent Egoro, vocational training, youth employment

Mother cooking over a smoky firewood stove in a dim rural kitchen, with a child covering his nose beside her as sunlight streams through a crack in the wall.

Energy Transition

Africa’s Clean Energy Promise: Between Policy Progress and People’s Patience

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its World Energy Outlook 2025. After reading it, I was struck by one figure: 1 billion Africans still cook with firewood, charcoal, and…

Vincent Egoro November 14, 2025Africa energy transition, Clean Cooking, climate justice, Electrification, IEA WEO 2025, Vincent Egoro

African engineer wearing safety gear assembling battery components in a renewable energy training workshop.

Energy Transition

Critical Minerals, Critical Skills: Can Africa Build the Workforce for Its Energy Future?

As a continent, we sit on the world’s largest reserves of cobalt, manganese, platinum, lithium and graphite. the very minerals that make electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar batteries and green…

Vincent Egoro November 7, 2025critical minerals, energy workforce, just transition Africa, skills for energy transition, Vincent Egoro, youth employment

African landscape with refineries fading into solar and wind farms under evening light, symbolising the continent’s energy transition.

Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Only One-Third of National Climate Pledges Include Fossil-Fuel Phase-Out, Where Does Africa Stand?

It is one of those statistics that seems too small for the size of the problem.Only about one in three of the world’s updated national climate pledges mentions the words…

Vincent Egoro October 31, 2025Africa climate policy, Carbon Brief, energy transition, fossil fuel, industrialisation, just transition, NDCs

An African woman lights a bulb powered by a small solar panel at dusk outside her home.

Uncategorized

Who Really Pays for Power? The Hidden Economics of Africa’s Electricity Access

It’s hard to forget the sound of generators at night.That deep, uneven hum that fills the silence after the national grid collapses again. Growing up in Nigeria, it was the…

Vincent Egoro October 24, 2025Africa development, climate finance, electricity access, energy transition, gender inclusion, IEA report, local currency finance

Stacks of solar panels at a West African port under golden sunlight, symbolising Africa’s solar import dependency.

Energy Transition

Too Many Panels, Too Little Value: Africa’s Solar Import Dilemma

Almost everywhere you look across Africa, the sun is being harnessed, but not owned. From the shimmering rooftops of Nairobi’s new tech hubs to the sprawling solar farms outside Lagos,…

Vincent Egoro October 15, 2025AfCFTA, clean energy imports, energy transition, green industry, local finance, renewable manufacturing, solar energy Africa

Solar panels and transmission towers in Africa at sunset, symbolising the role of foreign finance in powering the continent’s clean energy future.

Governance & Transparency

The Price of Power: Why Africa’s Clean Energy Future Still Depends on External Money

“Africa’s energy transition cannot be financed in a foreign language.” That line has lingered in my mind ever since I read the European Commission’s latest press release announcing €545 million…

Vincent Egoro October 6, 2025Africa clean energy finance, climate finance, energy transition, EU-Africa partnership, just transition, local currency, renewable energy Africa

African child carrying sack of ore in foreground, with wind turbines and solar panels in background under sunrise.

Critical Minerals

Finance or Folly? How Climate Capital Is Fueling Mining Abuses in Africa

In recent climate weeks, the buzzwords were everywhere: “green capital,” “just transition,” “unlocking climate finance.” On panels, participants nodded in agreement about the trillions needed to accelerate the energy transition.…

Vincent Egoro October 3, 2025Africa energy transition, climate finance mining Africa, critical minerals, just transition, mining governance, resource justice

Critical Minerals

Critical Minerals, Critical Choices: Africa’s Bid to Control the Green Value Chain

Africa holds the minerals the world needs. The real question is: can the continent hold the value, too? A continent at the centre of the green revolution From cobalt in…

Vincent Egoro October 1, 2025Africa critical minerals value chain, Africa green economy, AU critical minerals coalition, extractivist trap Africa, mining governance Africa, Mo Ibrahim unlocking green riches

Gas flare and solar panels against a Nigerian city skyline at golden hour, representing Nigeria’s energy transition gamble.

Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Nigeria’s Gas Gamble: Can a Fossil Future Deliver a Just Transition?

Nigeria has bet big on gas, but will the gamble pay off, or leave the country with stranded assets and empty promises? The new NDC: doubling down on fossil gas…

Vincent Egoro September 29, 2025energy access Nigeria, fossil fuel phase-out Africa, just transition Africa, NDC gas plan, Nigeria gas transition Africa, stranded assets Nigeria