Energy Transition Africa

Gas flare and solar panels against a Nigerian city skyline at golden hour, representing Nigeria’s energy transition gamble.

Nigeria’s Gas Gamble: Can a Fossil Future Deliver a Just Transition?

Nigeria has bet big on gas, but will the gamble pay off, or leave the country with stranded assets and empty promises? The new NDC: doubling down on fossil gas…

Vincent Egoro September 29, 2025energy access Nigeria, fossil fuel phase-out Africa, just transition Africa, NDC gas plan, Nigeria gas transition Africa, stranded assets Nigeria

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

Community Impact Critical Minerals

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

African family near flood-damaged home with debt paperwork stacked, symbolising climate loss and damage burden.

Energy Transition

Who Pays for Loss & Damage? Beyond Adaptation Grants

At the just-ended Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa, I found myself circling back to one persistent question: who really pays for loss and damage in Africa? In side events…

Vincent Egoro September 15, 2025Africa adaptation finance, Africa COP30 negotiations, Africa loss and damage, Climate justice Africa, debt-for-climate swaps, Green Climate Fund, just transition Africa, loans vs grants

Shipping containers stacked at sunset, symbolising Africa’s debt-heavy climate finance system.

Governance & Transparency

Africa’s Climate Finance: Stuck in Debt Mode

Today, I am attending the opening of the Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and one issue is already at the centre of my reflections: Africa’s climate finance is…

Vincent Egoro September 8, 2025Africa adaptation finance, Africa climate finance, Africa debt and climate, Africa renewable finance, Climate justice Africa, climate loans vs grants, debt-for-climate swaps, just transition 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