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Measured Gas: A Permissible Role or a Trojan Horse in Africa’s Transition?
Between the rhetoric of fossil phase-out and the daily realities of power shortages, Africa faces a dilemma: can gas serve as a bridge without becoming a trap? The Atlantic Council’s recent report,...
Too Many Panels, Too Little Value: Africa’s Solar Import Dilemma
Almost everywhere you look across Africa, the sun is being harnessed, but not owned. From the shimmering rooftops of Nairobi’s new tech hubs to the sprawling solar farms outside Lagos, it feels like...
Responsible Minerals Finance: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and African Practice
Africa’s critical minerals are once again in the global spotlight, this time not for what’s being dug up, but for how it’s being financed. Last week, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)...
Africa’s LNG Comeback: Progress or Phase-Out Paradox?
When oil majors like Eni and TotalEnergies start smiling again about gas, it signals more than corporate optimism; it reveals how Africa’s energy landscape is being redefined, not by the end of...
The Price of Power: Why Africa’s Clean Energy Future Still Depends on External Money
“Africa’s energy transition cannot be financed in a foreign language.” That line has lingered in my mind ever since I read the European Commission’s latest press release announcing €545 million in...
Finance or Folly? How Climate Capital Is Fueling Mining Abuses in Africa
In recent climate weeks, the buzzwords were everywhere: “green capital,” “just transition,” “unlocking climate finance.” On panels, participants nodded in agreement about the trillions needed to...
Critical Minerals, Critical Choices: Africa’s Bid to Control the Green Value Chain
Africa holds the minerals the world needs. The real question is: can the continent hold the value, too? A continent at the centre of the green revolution From cobalt in the Democratic Republic of...
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 Nigeria’s recently updated Nationally...
Gas Diplomacy Returns at Climate Week: Will Africa Be Left Holding the Fossil Bill?
Climate Week NYC 2025 was billed as a stage for accelerating renewable energy and aligning finance with climate justice. Yet amid the solar pledges, adaptation finance panels, and investor showcases,...
Mining’s Hidden Toll: Women, Children, and the True Cost of Clean Energy
As New York Climate Week convenes global leaders, financiers, and activists to discuss accelerating the clean energy transition, one reality remains uncomfortably absent from the grand pledges: the...
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, and the air smelled faintly of gas...
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,...