Posted inFossil Fuel Phaseout Fossil Fuel Phaseout? Why Africa’s Climate Plans Tell a Different Story At every global climate conference, the message is always clear: the world must end fossil fuel use. The speeches are… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk July 11, 2025Tags: Africa, climate plans, energy justice, energy transition, fossil fuel phaseout, fossil fuels, NDCs, Nigeria energy, renewable energy
Posted inEnergy Transition Africa’s $5 Trillion Renewable Energy Shift: Will Sub-Saharan Communities Reap the Rewards? When Power Shift Africa released its recent report estimating that Africa could save as much as $5 trillion by transitioning… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk July 7, 2025Tags: climate justice, community benefits, energy transition, green jobs, renewable energy, rural development, Sub-Saharan Africa
Posted inCommunity Impact Critical Minerals Beyond the Tracks: What Africa’s Mining Corridors Really Mean for the Communities They Bypass "The trains pass, but we are still in the dark." That was the quiet but piercing remark of Mariam, a… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk July 4, 2025Tags: Africa infrastructure, community voices, critical minerals, displacement, energy transition, just transition, land rights, mining corridors
Posted inCritical Minerals Why Africa Must Stop Exporting Wealth: The Case for Processing Our Own Minerals “If we keep selling the raw and buying the refined, we’ll always be poorer than we are rich.” That line,… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk July 2, 2025Tags: Africa mining, beneficiation, critical minerals, energy transition, green economy, industrialisation, jobs, value addition
Posted inCommunity Impact Energy Transition Not Just Green Jobs: African Miners Say the ‘Just Transition’ Is Failing Them "If our bodies fuel the transition, then we deserve a seat at the table." That was the message from a… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 30, 2025Tags: Africa mining, community impact, critical minerals, energy transition, green minerals, just transition, labour rights, worker safety
Posted inEnergy Transition Follow the Money: Why Africa Must Demand Accountability in Climate Finance It is one thing to pledge billions. It’s another to deliver them, transparently, equitably, and in ways that change lives.… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 18, 2025Tags: Africa, Civil Society, climate finance, climate justice, critical minerals, donor accountability, energy transition, fossil fuel phaseout, JETP, just transition
Posted inCritical Minerals Uncategorized Clean or Compromised? The Dirty Dilemma of Refining Africa’s Critical Minerals Africa is home to more than 30% of the world’s critical minerals; cobalt, lithium, manganese, graphite, all essential for the… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 12, 2025Tags: critical minerals, CriticalMineralsAfrica, energy transition, ESG Africa, fossil fuels, Green industrialisation, just transition, refining, ValueAddition
Posted inCritical Minerals Governance & Transparency The Corridor of Promise: Can Lobito Deliver a New Path for Africa’s Minerals? From Angola’s Atlantic coastline to the copper belts of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, a rail corridor is… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk June 9, 2025Tags: Angola, critical minerals, DRC, energy transition, EnergyTransitionAfrica, infrastructure, just transition, Lobito Corridor, mineral strategy, ValueAddition, Zambia
Posted inFossil Fuel Phaseout The Green Energy Lie? Why Africa’s Oil and Gas Licenses Just Hit a 10-Year High Across Africa, oil and gas licensing is experiencing a sharp resurgence — even as the global chorus for climate action… Posted by Energy Transition Africa Editorial Desk May 14, 2025Tags: African energy security, clean energy financing, climate justice, energy transition, Fossil fuel phaseout Africa, fossil fuels Africa, oil and gas exploration, renewable energy Africa