ETA Analysis delivers in-depth analysis of Africa’s energy transition, energy policy, and political economy. This section examines the forces shaping power, resources, and decision-making — from fossil fuel phase-out pathways and critical minerals to climate finance and governance reform. Grounded in evidence and regional context, these analyses connect policy, politics, and economics to reveal what Africa’s energy transition really means for communities, governments, and the continent’s future.
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Is Africa’s green skills gap a shortage of engineers or a shortage of system literacy? An ETA analysis of the policy tension shaping energy transition outcomes.
Transmission congestion is emerging as a risk to renewable energy integration in Sub-Saharan Africa. Here’s what it means for grids, finance and investment.
Kenya’s new carbon registry signals a shift. In 2026, carbon markets in Africa will be defined by governance credibility — not supply volume.
The global energy transition has entered a new phase. What began as a climate and technology story is now unmistakably geopolitical. Critical minerals, copper, cobalt, lithium, nickel, manganese and...
Africa is not short of climate finance promises. What it lacks is delivery. Over the past few years, billions of dollars have been pledged to support the continent’s energy transition, from expanded...
Africa’s energy transition debate remains dominated by power generation targets, electrification rates, and renewable capacity additions. These are necessary foundations. But they are no longer...
Fossil fuel phase-out assumes grid stability and storage. Are African power systems ready for a rapid exit?
For much of Africa, the diesel generator has become an unspoken pillar of the economy. It powers factories when the grid fails, keeps hospitals running during blackouts, and underwrites commercial...
For years, the global energy transition has been narrated as a linear story: renewables rise, fossil fuels fall, and gas fades as a temporary bridge. That story is now colliding with reality. In late...
In parts of Africa, railways are being rehabilitated, ports are expanding, power lines are stretching across borders, and industrial corridors, once stalled by finance and politics, are re-entering...
Africa sits at the centre of the global energy transition’s material foundations. The continent holds an estimated 30% of the world’s reserves of key transition minerals, including cobalt, manganese,...
For more than a decade, Africa’s climate transition has rested on a delicate fiction: that global climate finance, however slow and insufficient, would eventually scale up. Pledges would harden into...