Posted inUncategorized 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… Posted by Vincent Egoro October 24, 2025Tags: Africa development, climate finance, electricity access, energy transition, gender inclusion, IEA report, local currency finance
Posted inUncategorized 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… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk October 22, 2025Tags: Africa power investment, climate finance, electricity access, energy transition, gender inclusion, IEA report, local currency finance
Posted inCritical Minerals Who’s Financing Africa’s Mineral Transition and On Whose Terms? As the world races to decarbonise, Africa has emerged as the new frontier for the minerals that make the green… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk October 20, 2025Tags: AfDB, Africa minerals, climate finance, energy transition, extractive governance, just transition, local currency finance, UNEP
Posted inGovernance & Transparency The Price of Power: Why Africa’s Clean Energy Future Still Depends on External Money “Africa’s energy transition cannot be financed in a foreign language.” That line has lingered in my mind ever since I… Posted by Vincent Egoro October 6, 2025Tags: Africa clean energy finance, climate finance, energy transition, EU-Africa partnership, just transition, local currency, renewable energy Africa
Posted inFossil Fuel Phaseout Africa Won’t Phase Out on Promises: Fossil Fuel Exit Demands Finance, FX and Grids As the world looks ahead to next month’s Africa Climate Summit, negotiators are already circling one contentious phrase: “transitioning away… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk August 27, 2025Tags: Africa energy transition, AGN position, climate finance, climate finance Africa, Fossil fuel phaseout Africa, FX risk renewables, grid investment Africa, renewable energy Africa
Posted inEnergy Transition Africa’s Solar Surge: Boom or Dependency? On a hazy morning in Algiers, a flat-bed truck crawls through traffic stacked high with shrink-wrapped photovoltaic panels. It is… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk August 25, 2025Tags: Africa solar imports, Chinese solar panels Africa, climate finance, critical minerals, energy transition, local manufacturing solar Africa, renewable energy transition Africa, rooftop solar Africa, solar dependency Africa
Posted inFossil Fuel Phaseout Fossil Exit or Justice Denied? Africa’s Fight to Lead Its Own Energy Future In Abuja, oil still smells like prosperity. Along the congested streets of Warri or Takoradi, diesel generators hum a familiar… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk July 28, 2025Tags: Africa, climate finance, climate justice, energy sovereignty, fossil fuel exit, Ghana, Nigeria, oil and gas, OPEC, World Bank
Posted inEnergy Transition Debt-for-Climate Swaps: Lifeline or Leash for Africa’s Green Future? Everybody frames swaps as innovation. But who controls the script, and who ends up on the cutting room floor? Debt-for-climate… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk July 25, 2025Tags: Africa, Civil Society, climate finance, climate justice, debt swaps, donor influence, global south, green transition, multilateral banks, sovereign debt
Posted inCommunity Impact Energy Transition Who Truly Benefits from Just Transitions in Africa? The Rising Tide of Elite Extraction In recent years, Africa has been hailed as a leader in designing just transitions, energy shifts that protect both the… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk July 16, 2025Tags: Africa, climate finance, coal transition, community inclusion, critical minerals, energy justice, JETP, just transition
Posted inEnergy Transition The Debt Dilemma: Can Climate Deals Free Africa from the Chains of Borrowing? A quiet revolution is brewing in the corridors of international finance. No, it's not another pledge from the G7 or… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 23, 2025Tags: Africa, climate finance, debt swaps, debt-for-climate, Energy transition Africa, global south, green financing, just transition, renewable energy