ETA Briefing delivers short, focused insights on key trends, emerging signals, and what to watch in Africa’s energy transition. These concise briefings highlight policy shifts, political risks, investment trends, and advocacy moments that matter — helping decision-makers stay ahead of fast-changing dynamics across energy, climate, and extractives.
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A quiet revolution is brewing in the corridors of international finance. No, it's not another pledge from the G7 or a flashy COP headline. It’s debt. More precisely, the idea is to swap some of it in...
Across the plains of Namibia, the copper belt of the DRC, and the lithium fields of Zimbabwe, a quiet race is underway. It’s not a new one, though the names have changed. Cobalt. Lithium. Rare...
Africa is home to more than 30% of the world’s critical minerals; cobalt, lithium, manganese, graphite, all essential for the global energy transition. But while the world’s richest economies are...
From Angola’s Atlantic coastline to the copper belts of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, a rail corridor is being carved through the heart of Africa’s mineral wealth. The Lobito Corridor,...
In Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region, natural gas rigs cast long shadows over once-quiet fishing villages. Thousands of kilometres away, South Africa hurries to finalise liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
I once stood at a dusty roadside in Kolwezi, in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s copper and cobalt belt, watching young boys haul sacks of ore barely larger than themselves. Their bare...
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...
Every day, truckloads of lithium, cobalt, and manganese leave African soil headed for China, Europe, and North America. These are the building blocks of the energy transition—used in solar panels,...
I grew up in Cross River State, Nigeria, where dense forests meet vibrant communities. Even today, when I return home, I am struck by the reality that many of the villages I once played in as a child...
As Africa stands on the brink of an energy revolution, the continent faces a pivotal question: Can we leapfrog to renewable energy without leaving anyone behind? The promise of bypassing traditional...