ETA Explains
Why Solar Alone Cannot Power Africa’s Industrial Future
Solar energy is expanding rapidly in Africa, but can it power industry? This explainer examines the limits of solar and why systems matter.
Energytransitionafrica•March 25, 2026
ETA Explains
Africa’s Solar Skills Crisis: Why the Continent’s Clean Energy Future Depends on the People We’re Leaving Behind
Not long ago, I stood near a primary school building in northern Nigeria. A technician was fastening a solar panel to the roof of one of the school buildings. The schoolyard buzzed with the laughter...
Vincent Egoro•November 27, 2025
ETA Explains
Funding the Flip: Why Africa’s Clean Energy Transition Is Stuck, And How to Unblock It
The world is in the midst of the largest energy-investment boom in history. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global clean-energy spending is expected to surpass USD 3.3 trillion in...
energytransitionafrica•November 17, 2025
ETA Analysis
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...
Vincent Egoro•October 6, 2025
ETA Explains
Resource Nationalism and Renewable Finance: Africa’s Moment to Rise
From Abuja to Kinshasa, the tone of Africa’s energy debates is shifting. For decades, the continent’s mineral wealth was extracted and exported with little local value. Fossil fuels promised...
Vincent Egoro•September 5, 2025
ETA Explains
Finance in Local Currency: A COP30 Demand for Africa’s Energy Transition
At first glance, Africa’s energy transition looks as though it is finally gaining speed. Solar imports are at record highs, wind farms are sprouting across the Sahel, and hydro projects are being...
Vincent Egoro•August 29, 2025
ETA Explains
Africa Won’t Phase Out on Promises: Fossil Fuel Exit Demands Finance, FX and Grids
As the world looks ahead to next month’s Africa Climate Summit, negotiators are already circling one contentious phrase: “transitioning away from fossil fuels.” For African delegates, the lesson from...
energytransitionafrica•August 27, 2025
ETA Explains
Africa’s Energy Systems: The Hidden Barrier Stalling a Just Transition
On a humid evening in Lagos, a shopkeeper wheels out a diesel generator, its rattle and fumes filling the street as darkness swallows the neighbourhood. Two thousand miles south, in Johannesburg,...
energytransitionafrica•August 20, 2025
ETA Dispatch
Africa’s Climate Finance Crisis: The Debt Trap Undermining a Greener Future
In the heart of Africa, a paradox unfolds. A continent so rich in renewable resources, from sun to wind and lithium to cobalt, is simultaneously suffocating under the weight of financial obligations...
energytransitionafrica•June 5, 2025
ETA Briefing
Green Goals, Grey Areas: The Politics of China-Africa Energy Relations
A few years ago, during a civil society exchange in Nairobi, a Kenyan energy advocate told me something that has stayed with me: “We’ve got panels. We’ve got Chinese engineers. But what we don’t have...
energytransitionafrica•May 16, 2025
ETA Dispatch
The Green Energy Lie? Why Africa’s Oil and Gas Licenses Just Hit a 10-Year High
Across Africa, oil and gas licensing is experiencing a sharp resurgence — even as the global chorus for climate action grows louder. According to Energy Capital & Power, more than 150 oil and gas...
energytransitionafrica•May 14, 2025
ETA Explains
Powering Europe, Darkening Africa? The New Scramble for African Renewables
In 2025, as Europe scrambles to meet its climate goals and reduce dependence on Russian energy, a new frontier has emerged in the global race for clean power: Africa. Last month, Egypt and Greece...
energytransitionafrica•May 12, 2025