How Africa Can Build the World’s Most Resilient Power Grids
Across Africa, electricity grids are failing more frequently and for more reasons than ever before. Floods wash away transmission lines, […]
Africa Has Over $1 Trillion at Home. Why Isn’t It Financing Clean Energy Yet?
Africa’s energy transition is often described as a problem of scarcity: there is not enough capital, not enough concessional finance,
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
Can Development Banks Really Deliver Africa’s Energy Transition, Or Are They Still Lending Too Carefully?
If finance is the lifeblood of the energy transition, Africa’s arteries are still half-blocked. In 2024, the world’s multilateral development
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
Africa’s “Generator Economy” Is Costing Billions And It’s Making Power the World’s Most Expensive Necessity
Every evening in Lagos, the city begins to hum with the roar of generators. The noise rises like a second
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
Africa’s Electricity Access Targets Are Failing: Here’s the Blueprint to Fix Them
There is a sentence repeated in nearly every African energy policy document: “universal access by 2030.” It is optimistic, visionary
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’s Energy Crisis Is Killing People. Here’s the Data Behind the Emergency
Some crises announce themselves loudly, while others unfold quietly, suffocating people long before the world names them. Africa’s energy crisis
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