Energy Transition Africa

African woman and children working in artisanal mining with clean energy infrastructure in the background.

Mining’s Hidden Toll: Women, Children, and the True Cost of Clean Energy

Introduction: A just transition with invisible victims As New York Climate Week convenes global leaders, financiers, and activists to discuss accelerating the clean energy transition, one reality remains uncomfortably absent…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk September 24, 2025child labour in mining, clean energy supply chains, climate justice, critical minerals Africa, just transition Africa, mining impacts Africa, NY Climate Week, women in mining Africa

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

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

Artisanal miner at a cobalt pit in Kolwezi, DRC, with overlay of global energy symbols like EVs and batteries—illustrating Africa’s vital role in powering the clean energy transition.

Critical Minerals

Green Gold Rush or Resource Grab? Inside Africa’s Critical Minerals Boom

Under the midday sun in Kolwezi, in the southeastern stretch of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lucien, a 26-year-old father of three, kneels in a shallow mine pit, scraping cobalt-rich…

Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk August 4, 2025Africa EV minerals, Africa mining policy, artisanal miners Africa, clean energy minerals, cobalt mining DRC, critical minerals Africa, Energy transition Africa, green energy supply chain, just transition minerals, lithium Zimbabwe, mineral beneficiation Africa, mining value chains, resource nationalism Africa, sustainable mining