Minigrids at the Investment Crossroads: Why 2026 Will Decide Africa’s Power Future
Mini-grids are one of the rare areas in Africa’s energy transition where consensus exists. They work. They deliver reliable power […]
The Mini-Grid Money Problem: Why Africa’s Best Energy Solution Is Still Stuck
“Only 14% of committed mini-grid funding has actually been disbursed.” That figure should stop every energy conversation in its tracks.
What Young Africans Are Teaching Us About the Energy Future
The most radical thing I have learned about Africa’s energy future did not come from a policy report, a donor
The Day a Solar Lamp Changed My Life
I grew up counting nights by how dark they felt. In our part of Nigeria, as in most parts of
I’ve Watched Villages Wait for Decades. This Is What Climate Finance Should Fix First.
I still remember the first time I saw electricity reach a village.It was late in the 1990s, and I was
Why “Climate Money” Rarely Reaches the Villages And What I’ve Seen in the Gaps
Every year, the rains come and go. The villagers gather at the same broken borehole, filling buckets from puddles that
The Quiet Strength of African Communities Living Without Power
There is a sound I remember from my childhood, not the noise of generators or the crackle of candles, but
What It Means to Grow Up Counting Generators Instead of Dreams
When I think about the childhoods many African children are living today, I am transported back to my own: a
Africa Cannot Afford to Repeat the Mistakes of the Oil Era in the Critical Minerals Boom
There is a photograph I keep in my mind, a memory rather than an image. It is of a dusty
In Africa’s Mining Towns, I’ve Seen Wealth Leave and Dust Remain
I have walked through towns where the ground is rich, but the people are not. Places where the earth underneath
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