Energy Transition Africa

An African woman cooking over a smoky three-stone fire inside a dimly lit rural home, with a young child watching from the doorway.

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…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk December 8, 2025Africa Electrification, Clean Cooking Crisis, Clinic Power Supply, energy access, Public Health

Critical Minerals

Who Really Benefits From Africa’s Transition Minerals? Winners, Losers, and the New Global Power Map

There is a growing conviction in global energy circles that Africa holds the keys to the world’s decarbonisation. The minerals…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk December 5, 2025Africa resource governance, Battery Manufacturing Africa, critical minerals Africa, EV Supply Chain, just transition, Mineral Value Chain

A row of mining trucks drive past a rural African settlement at dusk, with dust rising in the air and silhouettes of residents nearby, symbolising extraction leaving communities behind.

Critical Minerals

Africa Cannot Afford to Repeat the Mistakes of the Oil Era in the Critical Minerals Boom

There is a photograph I keep in my mind, a memory rather than an image. It is of a dusty…

Vincent Egoro December 4, 2025African Industrialisation, Clean Energy Transition, critical minerals Africa, just transition, resource governance, Vincent Egoro

Critical Minerals

Can Africa Really Lead the Global Battery Race? Here’s What It Will Take

For years, Africa has been described as a continent rich in minerals but poor in manufacturing. A place where the…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk December 3, 2025Batteries Africa, Battery Value Chain Africa, critical minerals, EV Supply Chain, Industrialisation Africa, Renewable Energy Manufacturing

Critical Minerals

In Africa’s Mining Towns, I’ve Seen Wealth Leave and Dust Remain

I have walked through towns where the ground is rich, but the people are not. Places where the earth underneath…

Vincent Egoro December 2, 2025critical minerals, Energy transition Africa, just transition, Mining Towns Africa, resource governance, value addition, Vincent Egoro

A high-angle aerial photograph of a mineral processing plant in Africa, showing conveyor belts, industrial structures and workers in blue protective gear walking across the site.

Critical Minerals

Africa’s Critical Minerals Boom Won’t Change Our Future Unless We Build Factories Not Just Mines

When the world talks about the clean-energy transition, Africa suddenly finds itself at the centre of the conversation. Not because…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk December 1, 2025Africa industrialisation, critical minerals, EV Batteries, Mining, renewable energy transition, value addition

African natural gas facility with pipelines under sunset, reflecting the tension between Africa’s gas ambitions and global green energy commitments.

Fossil Fuel Phaseout

The G20 Wants a Green Energy Future But What Does That Mean for Africa’s Gas Ambitions?

On the morning the G20 released its South Africa Declaration, a senior official in Abuja joked quietly to a colleague:…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk November 28, 2025Africa energy transition, African gas, clean energy, energy access, fossil fuels, G20 Declaration, geopolitics, just transition

Energy Transition

Africa’s Solar Skills Crisis: Why the Continent’s Clean Energy Future Depends on the People We’re Leaving Behind

Not long ago, I stood near a primary school building in northern Nigeria. A technician was fastening a solar panel…

Vincent Egoro November 27, 2025Africa energy transition, clean energy jobs, just transition, renewable energy Africa, Skills Development, Solar Power, Solar Workforce, Vincent Egoro, youth employment

A group of African industrial workers in safety helmets and reflective vests walk past a decommissioning power plant at sunset, symbolising the uncertain future facing Africa’s labour force as global climate policies drive a shift away from fossil fuels.

Energy Transition

COP30 Launched a Just Transition Mechanism, But Will It Change Anything for African Workers?

COP30 introduced a new global Just Transition Mechanism, a framework meant to protect workers and communities as the world accelerates…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk November 26, 2025African workers, clean energy jobs, climate justice, COP30, Energy transition Africa, fossil fuels, just transition, labour transition

A young African boy studying at a wooden table under a bright lamp in a rural clay-walled home, symbolising hope despite energy poverty.

Community Impact Energy Transition

The Lights Are Still Off: What COP30’s Promises Mean for the African Child

When negotiators at COP30 announced new climate-finance commitments in Belém, my mind went to the children I met earlier this…

Vincent Egoro November 25, 2025Africa energy transition, Child Development, Clean Cooking, COP30, energy access, just transition, Vincent Egoro

Africa, China and the US: The New Geopolitics of the Energy Transition

Africa’s Solar Skills Crisis: Why the Continent’s Clean Energy Future Depends on the People We’re Leaving Behind

COP30 Launched a Just Transition Mechanism, But Will It Change Anything for African Workers?

Africa’s Energy Crisis Is Killing People. Here’s the Data Behind the Emergency

Who Really Benefits From Africa’s Transition Minerals? Winners, Losers, and the New Global Power Map

Africa Cannot Afford to Repeat the Mistakes of the Oil Era in the Critical Minerals Boom

Can Africa Really Lead the Global Battery Race? Here’s What It Will Take

In Africa’s Mining Towns, I’ve Seen Wealth Leave and Dust Remain

Africa’s Critical Minerals Boom Won’t Change Our Future Unless We Build Factories Not Just Mines

The G20 Wants a Green Energy Future But What Does That Mean for Africa’s Gas Ambitions?

Africa’s Solar Skills Crisis: Why the Continent’s Clean Energy Future Depends on the People We’re Leaving Behind

COP30 Launched a Just Transition Mechanism, But Will It Change Anything for African Workers?

The Lights Are Still Off: What COP30’s Promises Mean for the African Child

What Happens to Climate Negotiations When Big Emitters Walk Away

When the United States Walks Away: What Trump’s UN Climate Withdrawal Means for Africa’s Energy Transition

Africa’s Fossil Fuel Politics: The Quiet Divisions Shaping the Energy Transition