Do export bans help Africa capture more value from critical minerals? This analysis examines the trade-offs between beneficiation, investment, and industrial strategy.
Solar energy is expanding rapidly in Africa, but can it power industry? This explainer examines the limits of solar and why systems matter.
Africa is pushing for mineral beneficiation, but smelters and processing industries are already declining. Can industrialisation survive this trend?
Rising electricity costs are forcing smelters to shut down across Africa. Can the energy transition succeed if industry cannot afford power?
How Nigeria’s Electricity Act is reshaping energy transition through state-level regulation, renewable energy, and decentralised markets.
Africa wants to process its minerals locally, but high energy costs may stand in the way. Can beneficiation scale without affordable electricity?
Africa wants to process its critical minerals locally. But can beneficiation scale without reliable electricity? A deep analysis of the power constraint.
Nigeria’s lithium boom is accelerating, but weak environmental enforcement could repeat the mistakes of oil. What this means for Africa’s energy transition.
Africa’s power sector often celebrates rising installed capacity. But that number can hide outages, grid losses and unreliable electricity. Here is what it really means.
Is battery storage essential for Africa’s power systems or overhyped in the energy transition debate? A deep analysis of the continent’s electricity infrastructure choices.
Energy poverty in Africa remains high in 2026 as population growth outpaces electrification, erasing gains and reshaping access policy.
For more than a decade, the global energy transition has been sold as a story of technology. We are told solar panels are getting cheaper, wind turbines are getting taller, and batteries are...