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

Solar mini-grid installation powering homes in Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the region’s clean-energy transition potential.

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Africa’s Energy Transition Standstill: Why Sub-Saharan Readiness Is Failing to Improve

Even as the narrative of Africa’s renewable potential grows louder, the latest data reveals a sobering reality. Sub-Saharan Africa’s ability to transition from fossil fuels to clean power has stalled.…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk October 27, 2025energy transition, finance, fossil-fuel phase-out, governance, just transition, renewables, Sub-Saharan Africa

An African woman lights a bulb powered by a small solar panel at dusk outside her home.

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Who Really Pays for Power? The Hidden Economics of Africa’s Electricity Access

It’s hard to forget the sound of generators at night.That deep, uneven hum that fills the silence after the national grid collapses again. Growing up in Nigeria, it was the…

Vincent Egoro October 24, 2025Africa development, climate finance, electricity access, energy transition, gender inclusion, IEA report, local currency finance

Two African technicians exmine solar panels at sunset in a rural field.

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Financing Africa’s Power Gap: Why Access to Capital Still Determines Access to Electricity

For all the talk of solar revolutions and just transitions, one truth still defines Africa’s energy story: the continent’s access to power depends on its access to affordable capital. The…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk October 22, 2025Africa power investment, climate finance, electricity access, energy transition, gender inclusion, IEA report, local currency finance

African woman cooking on a traditional three-stone fire with smoke rising, representing energy poverty and the need for clean cooking solutions in rural Africa.

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Who Bears the Burden? Gender and the Energy Transition in Africa

Grace, a mother of four in rural Zambia, wakes before dawn to trek miles for firewood. She balances heavy bundles on her head, prepares meals over a smoky three-stone fire.…

Vincent Egoro August 18, 2025Africa, Energy Poverty in Africa, Gender and Energy Transition in Africa, Gender and Just Energy Transition, just transition, Value Addition of Critical Minerals in SADC, Women and Clean Energy Access

Man observing solar panels with discarded batteries in Nigeria at sunset

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Solar Boom, Toxic Loom: Nigeria’s Green Energy Leap Risks Turning Toxic

Late one evening in Kano, amidst the glow of flickering kerosene lamps, Aisha, a mother of three, clutches her youngest as she steps outside. On the wall of her modest…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk August 13, 2025battery waste management Nigeria, e-waste solutions Africa, green infrastructure Nigeria, just energy transition, Nigeria renewable energy, renewable energy lifecycle, solar e-waste in Nigeria, solar panel recycling Nigeria, solar power Nigeria, sustainable solar Nigeria

An industrial smokestack emits haze beside stacks of mineral ore under cloudy skies in Africa.

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Clean or Compromised? The Dirty Dilemma of Refining Africa’s Critical Minerals

Africa is home to more than 30% of the world’s critical minerals; cobalt, lithium, manganese, graphite, all essential for the global energy transition. But while the world’s richest economies are…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 12, 2025critical minerals, CriticalMineralsAfrica, energy transition, ESG Africa, fossil fuels, Green industrialisation, just transition, refining, ValueAddition