Posted inETA Analysis Reimagining Africa’s Energy Futures: From Models to Action by 2030 Africa’s energy future has been modelled in extraordinary detail. The real question is why so little of it materialises. Across… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk January 5, 2026Tags: climate finance, Energy Access & Poverty, Energy transition Africa, renewable energy
Posted inCritical 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… Posted by Vincent Egoro December 2, 2025Tags: critical minerals, Energy transition Africa, just transition, Mining Towns Africa, resource governance, value addition, Vincent Egoro
Posted inEnergy 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… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk November 26, 2025Tags: African workers, clean energy jobs, climate justice, COP30, Energy transition Africa, fossil fuels, just transition, labour transition
Posted inEnergy Transition Subsidies, Storage and Sovereignty: Africa’s Hidden Grid Challenge At the COP30 roundtable in Belém, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a quiet but pointed warning: “The world will not… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk November 12, 2025Tags: energy storage Africa, Energy transition Africa, fossil fuel subsidies, grid infrastructure Africa, just transition, Vincent Egoro
Posted inEnergy Transition The Price of Clean Energy: Why Africa Still Pays More for Sunlight Than Oil At COP30 in Belém, amid speeches about green growth and net-zero futures, one statement is worth noting. “For much of… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk November 10, 2025Tags: AfDB, Africa energy finance, clean energy cost, COP30, Energy transition Africa, fossil fuel subsidies, IMF debt, just transition, Vincent Egoro
Posted inCritical 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… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk August 4, 2025Tags: Africa 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
Posted inEnergy Transition Striking the Balance: Energy Security Meets Just Transition in Africa It’s a dilemma as old as independence: how can Africa power its future without repeating the past? In 2025, the… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 27, 2025Tags: Africa energy, climate justice, development, energy poverty, energy security, Energy transition Africa, fossil fuels, just transition, renewable energy
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
Posted inEnergy Transition Fossil Fuel Phaseout Africa’s Climate Finance Crisis: The Debt Trap Undermining a Greener Future In the heart of Africa, a paradox unfolds. A continent so rich in renewable resources, from sun to wind and… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 5, 2025Tags: Africa climate finance, African debt and climate change, Civil society climate action, Climate adaptation funding, Climate finance gap Africa, Climate justice Africa, Energy transition Africa, Fossil fuel phaseout Africa, Green energy funding Africa, Green industrialisation, Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), Loss and damage funding, renewable energy Africa, South Africa climate finance