Energy Transition Africa

Gas flare and wind turbines at sunset in Africa, symbolising the tension between fossil fuel expansion and renewable transition.

Africa’s LNG Comeback: Progress or Phase-Out Paradox?

When oil majors like Eni and TotalEnergies start smiling again about gas, it signals more than corporate optimism; it reveals how Africa’s energy landscape is being redefined, not by the…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk October 8, 2025African development, energy justice, fossil fuel phase-out, gas transition, IEA Net Zero, LNG Africa, Mozambique gas, TotalEnergies 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

LNG ship sails past oil rigs at sunset, symbolising Africa’s fossil fuel risks amid global gas diplomacy.

Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Gas Diplomacy Returns at Climate Week: Will Africa Be Left Holding the Fossil Bill?

Climate Week NYC 2025 was billed as a stage for accelerating renewable energy and aligning finance with climate justice. Yet amid the solar pledges, adaptation finance panels, and investor showcases,…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk September 26, 2025energy justice Africa, fossil fuel phase-out Africa, fossil revenues decline, gas diplomacy Africa, natural gas transition, NYC Climate Week 2025, stranded assets Africa

African woman and children working in artisanal mining with clean energy infrastructure in the background.

Community Impact Critical Minerals

Mining’s Hidden Toll: Women, Children, and the True Cost of Clean Energy

Introduction: A just transition with invisible victims As New York Climate Week convenes global leaders, financiers, and activists to discuss accelerating the clean energy transition, one reality remains uncomfortably absent…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk September 24, 2025child labour in mining, clean energy supply chains, climate justice, critical minerals Africa, just transition Africa, mining impacts Africa, NY Climate Week, women in mining Africa

Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Fossil Fuel Revenues in Decline: Who Pays for Africa’s Transition?

During one of my earliest visits to the Niger Delta, I met a fisherman who showed me the mangroves where his father had worked. The waters were slick with oil,…

Vincent Egoro September 22, 2025Africa energy transition, Africa fossil fuel revenues decline, Climate justice Africa, concessional finance Africa, critical minerals Africa, debt relief climate finance Africa, fossil fuel phase-out Africa, just transition Africa

African miners at open-pit site with ore moving toward ports and global markets, symbolising critical minerals supply chain.

Critical Minerals Governance & Transparency

Critical Minerals Circuits: Who Controls the Chain from Mine to Market?

Critical minerals have become the backbone of the global energy transition. Lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, and rare earths are essential inputs for batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar panels.…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk September 17, 2025Africa energy transition, Africa supply chain, Africa trade policy, critical minerals Africa, just transition Africa, lithium cobalt Africa, mining value addition, resource governance Africa

African family near flood-damaged home with debt paperwork stacked, symbolising climate loss and damage burden.

Energy Transition

Who Pays for Loss & Damage? Beyond Adaptation Grants

At the just-ended Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa, I found myself circling back to one persistent question: who really pays for loss and damage in Africa? In side events…

Vincent Egoro September 15, 2025Africa adaptation finance, Africa COP30 negotiations, Africa loss and damage, Climate justice Africa, debt-for-climate swaps, Green Climate Fund, just transition Africa, loans vs grants