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

A wide aerial view of a large solar farm next to a rural African village with mostly unlit homes at sunset, illustrating the gap between renewable expansion and household electricity access.

Energy Transition

Africa Is Adding Renewables at Record Speed. The Lights Still Aren’t On.

Africa is gaining clean-energy capacity at a pace unmatched in its modern history. From Morocco’s vast Noor solar complex to Kenya’s wind farms, South Africa’s rooftop boom, and Nigeria’s swelling…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk November 19, 2025Africa energy transition, Grid Infrastructure, Mini-Grids Africa, Renewable Energy Access, Solar Africa, Vincent Egoro

Aerial wide shot of transmission pylons crossing a dry African landscape at dawn, with a small village visible in the distance and warm golden light across the savannah.

Energy Transition

Funding the Flip: Why Africa’s Clean Energy Transition Is Stuck, And How to Unblock It

The world is in the midst of the largest energy-investment boom in history. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global clean-energy spending is expected to surpass USD 3.3 trillion…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk November 17, 2025Africa energy transition, clean energy finance, climate justice, Grid Infrastructure, renewable energy Africa, Vincent Egoro

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

Realistic image of solar panels, power lines, and a diesel generator emitting light smoke at sunset in an African landscape.

Energy Transition

Subsidies, Storage and Sovereignty: Africa’s Hidden Grid Challenge

At the COP30 roundtable in Belém, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a quiet but pointed warning: “The world will not achieve clean energy for all unless we invest massively in…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk November 12, 2025energy storage Africa, Energy transition Africa, fossil fuel subsidies, grid infrastructure Africa, just transition, Vincent Egoro

Solar panels beside a diesel generator emitting smoke in a rural African village.

Energy Transition

The Price of Clean Energy: Why Africa Still Pays More for Sunlight Than Oil

At COP30 in Belém, amid speeches about green growth and net-zero futures, one statement is worth noting. “For much of the developing world, high debt, high risk and a high…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk November 10, 2025AfDB, Africa energy finance, clean energy cost, COP30, Energy transition Africa, fossil fuel subsidies, IMF debt, just transition, 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

Solar panels beside a diesel generator emitting smoke in a rural African landscape.

Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Energy Access, Mini-Grids and the Hidden Fossil Dilemma: Solar That Still Runs on Diesel

As the sun sets over a village in northern Tanzania, the solar-powered mini-grid hums to life, lighting homes that were once in darkness. Children gather around charging phones, shop owners…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk November 5, 2025Africa energy transition, diesel dependency, mini-grids, renewable energy finance, rural electrification

Gas flare near urban settlement with electricity pylons in the distance.

Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Locked In: The Debt, Subsidy and Oil Economy Holding Africa Back from a Just Energy Transition

Africa stands at a critical crossroads in its energy story. On one path lies renewal, powered by clean technologies, decentralised systems, local value chains and climate resilience. On the other…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk November 3, 2025Africa debt crisis, climate finance, energy transition, fossil fuel subsidies, just transition

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