A new OECD report shows Africa's critical minerals leverage is concentrated in cobalt and manganese, and that the export restriction strategy African governments are deploying is losing distinctiveness as more countries adopt the same tool.
One billion Africans cook on open fires, and 815,000 die from the smoke each year. The fix is cheap, but the energy transition still ignores it.
Only seven African governments are in Santa Marta. Their presence and the absence of most others reveal how Africa’s energy future is being negotiated.
Global energy investment reaches $3.3 trillion in 2025. Africa gets 2%. But 80% of announced African energy projects never reach financial close, Chinese DFI spending has fallen 85%, and bankability conditions are absent in most markets. ETA maps why the money doesn't arrive.
Africa has power, but it is too expensive to use, as tariffs rise, utilities struggle, and high financing costs limit what the energy transition can deliver.
Africa’s digital economy runs on diesel, with telecom towers and data centres heavily dependent on fossil fuel, driving costs and exposing a critical infrastructure gap.
Africa's energy transition is built around access and renewables. But industry — the sector that drives economic transformation — was never placed at its centre. ETA examines the institutional planning failure holding back Africa's industrial future.
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