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Africa Controls the Cobalt. It Doesn't Control What Happens to It Next.
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.
Africa’s Energy Crisis Is Not the Grid It Is the Kitchen
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 Showed Up in Santa Marta and It Reveals a Bigger
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.
Africa Has Energy Finance but It Is Not Reaching Where It Matters
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 Cannot Afford to Use It
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 Is Booming but It Is Still Powered by Diesel
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.
What the World Is Missing About Africa’s Energy Transition Is What Happens After Installation
At TED Vancouver, Vincent Egoro reflects on Africa’s energy transition, where systems are installed but often fail because the people to run them are missing.
The World Is Entering the Age of Electricity but Africa Is Falling Behind
The IEA's State of Energy Policy 2026, published this month, documents policy momentum in sub-Saharan Africa. But read against the IEA's Age of Electricity framing, it reveals a policy architecture still calibrated to a transition the global energy system has already moved beyond.
Africa’s Energy Transition Numbers Tell the Truth and Hide It
Record capacity, rising access, growing investment. All true. All incomplete. ETA examines the three data pairs that show what Africa's energy transition is actually delivering in 2026.
Nigeria Does Not Have an Engineering Shortage It Has an Operational Failure
Nigeria produces thousands of engineers. But its grid fails because utilities can't service what they build. Vincent Egoro names the commissioning gap nobody is measuring.
Africa's Generator Economy Is Bigger Than Most National Utilities
Nigeria spends an estimated $14 billion a year on generators. The sector now has its own supply chains, financing and political interests. ETA Analysis examines why the generator economy survives grid reform and what it means for the energy transition.
Africa is not going to Santa Marta. That is a choice it will have to live with
Forty-six countries meet in Santa Marta this month to build a fossil fuel phase-out coalition. Angola attends. Nigeria does not. Vincent Egoro examines what Africa's absence means for the transition it cannot avoid.