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A young African trainee technician wearing a hard hat and holding tools inside an unfinished workshop, symbolizing Africa’s broken skills pipeline and lack of training infrastructure.

Africa’s Skills Pipeline Is Broken: It’s Not Youth, It’s the System

When I spoke to a senior human-resources lead at a major solar-energy company early this year, I expected standard answers: “We need more graduates,” “We lack training,” “We need government…

Vincent Egoro November 21, 2025Africa, energy transition, future of work, skills, Vincent Egoro, vocational training, youth employment

African engineer wearing safety gear assembling battery components in a renewable energy training workshop.

Energy Transition

Critical Minerals, Critical Skills: Can Africa Build the Workforce for Its Energy Future?

As a continent, we sit on the world’s largest reserves of cobalt, manganese, platinum, lithium and graphite. the very minerals that make electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar batteries and green…

Vincent Egoro November 7, 2025critical minerals, energy workforce, just transition Africa, skills for energy transition, Vincent Egoro, youth employment