
Africa's Energy Transition Has a Gender Design Gap. The Data Shows Where.
Women increasingly appear in Africa's energy policies, but major gaps remain in workforce, finance, and outcome measurement. ETA examines the latest data.


Women increasingly appear in Africa's energy policies, but major gaps remain in workforce, finance, and outcome measurement. ETA examines the latest data.

I still remember the first time I saw electricity reach a village.It was late in the 1990s, and I was a boy visiting my grandmother’s house in Cross River State, Nigeria. A single light bulb...

When negotiators at COP30 announced new climate-finance commitments in Belém, my mind went to the children I met earlier this year in a village outside Makurdi, Nigeria, six boys and girls bent over...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its World Energy Outlook 2025. After reading it, I was struck by one figure: 1 billion Africans still cook with firewood, charcoal, and animal dung....