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

Solar panels beside a diesel generator emitting smoke in a rural African landscape.

Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Energy Access, Mini-Grids and the Hidden Fossil Dilemma: Solar That Still Runs on Diesel

As the sun sets over a village in northern Tanzania, the solar-powered mini-grid hums to life, lighting homes that were once in darkness. Children gather around charging phones, shop owners…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk November 5, 2025Africa energy transition, diesel dependency, mini-grids, renewable energy finance, rural electrification

A young African boy carrying a heavy sack of minerals near a mining site, symbolising the human and ethical costs of the global clean energy transition.

Critical Minerals

Responsible Minerals Finance: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and African Practice

Africa’s critical minerals are once again in the global spotlight, this time not for what’s being dug up, but for how it’s being financed. Last week, the United Nations Environment…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk October 13, 2025AfDB, Africa energy transition, critical minerals, governance, green finance, just transition, responsible mining, UNEP report

African child carrying sack of ore in foreground, with wind turbines and solar panels in background under sunrise.

Critical Minerals

Finance or Folly? How Climate Capital Is Fueling Mining Abuses in Africa

In recent climate weeks, the buzzwords were everywhere: “green capital,” “just transition,” “unlocking climate finance.” On panels, participants nodded in agreement about the trillions needed to accelerate the energy transition.…

Vincent Egoro October 3, 2025Africa energy transition, climate finance mining Africa, critical minerals, just transition, mining governance, resource justice

Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Fossil Fuel Revenues in Decline: Who Pays for Africa’s Transition?

During one of my earliest visits to the Niger Delta, I met a fisherman who showed me the mangroves where his father had worked. The waters were slick with oil,…

Vincent Egoro September 22, 2025Africa energy transition, Africa fossil fuel revenues decline, Climate justice Africa, concessional finance Africa, critical minerals Africa, debt relief climate finance Africa, fossil fuel phase-out Africa, just transition Africa

African miners at open-pit site with ore moving toward ports and global markets, symbolising critical minerals supply chain.

Critical Minerals Governance & Transparency

Critical Minerals Circuits: Who Controls the Chain from Mine to Market?

Critical minerals have become the backbone of the global energy transition. Lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, and rare earths are essential inputs for batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar panels.…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk September 17, 2025Africa energy transition, Africa supply chain, Africa trade policy, critical minerals Africa, just transition Africa, lithium cobalt Africa, mining value addition, resource governance Africa

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

Cargo ship with containers in foreground, solar panels and wind turbines under construction in background, symbolising Africa’s energy transition.

Governance & Transparency

Resource Nationalism and Renewable Finance: Africa’s Moment to Rise

From Abuja to Kinshasa, the tone of Africa’s energy debates is shifting. For decades, the continent’s mineral wealth was extracted and exported with little local value. Fossil fuels promised prosperity…

Vincent Egoro September 5, 2025Africa climate finance, Africa energy transition, Africa resource nationalism, critical minerals Africa, ESG Africa, just transition Africa, local value addition Africa, renewable energy Africa