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Africa’s Energy Transition Standstill: Why Sub-Saharan Readiness Is Failing to Improve
Even as the narrative of Africa’s renewable potential grows louder, the latest data reveals a sobering reality. Sub-Saharan Africa’s ability to transition from fossil fuels to clean power has...
Who Really Pays for Power? The Hidden Economics of Africa’s Electricity Access
It’s hard to forget the sound of generators at night.That deep, uneven hum that fills the silence after the national grid collapses again. Growing up in Nigeria, it was the soundtrack of progress and...
Financing Africa’s Power Gap: Why Access to Capital Still Determines Access to Electricity
For all the talk of solar revolutions and just transitions, one truth still defines Africa’s energy story: the continent’s access to power depends on its access to affordable capital. The latest...
Who’s Financing Africa’s Mineral Transition and On Whose Terms?
As the world races to decarbonise, Africa has emerged as the new frontier for the minerals that make the green economy possible. From cobalt and copper to lithium and graphite, the continent holds...
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...