Energy Transition Africa

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.

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

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

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

Stack of debt paperwork with African farmland split between drought and flood, symbolising climate finance challenges.

Energy Transition

Adaptation or Debt? Africa’s $50 Billion Dilemma

A summit of promises and risks The second Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa closed with bold headlines: African leaders committed to mobilise $50 billion a year for climate solutions…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk September 12, 2025adaptation finance Africa, Africa climate finance, Africa climate summit, Africa COP30 negotiations, Africa debt crisis climate, Africa energy transition, Climate justice Africa, loans vs grants climate

African village at dusk, half illuminated by solar lamps and half in darkness, children walking toward light, symbolising just energy transition.

Energy Transition Governance & Transparency

Just Transition in Africa: Beyond Rhetoric, Towards Real Communities

Few phrases have travelled as fast through climate diplomacy as “just transition.” From COP plenaries to ministerial communiqués, it rolls easily off tongues. The idea is simple but profound: as…

Vincent Egoro September 3, 2025