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Article · Justice

When green is not clean enough: are Africa's energy transition plans actually just?

Ghana and Kenya have produced ambitious Energy Transition and Investment Plans. A new paper in Climate Policy asks the question the rhetoric keeps avoiding — beyond the emissions figures, are these plans actually just? Distributional, procedural, recognition, and restorative justice tell four different stories. Lake Turkana shows the cost when they go unanswered.

Article · Climate Finance

Africa's net-zero ambition is not cheap. Who will pay the price?

A study in Environmental Research Letters models three net-zero pathways for Africa (2050, 2070, 2100). Under all scenarios, staple food prices rise 87 to 96% above business-as-usual as cropland is redirected to biomass. The question is not whether to price carbon, but how to prevent the cost falling on the most vulnerable.

Article · Implementation

The implementation gap and energy transition pathways in Africa.

Africa's energy transition will be won or lost in implementation. Botswana and Uganda show that targets matter only when matched by credible procurement, resilient grids, bankable finance and institutions capable of turning ambition into reliable, inclusive and low-carbon power systems.

Article · Energy Access

PayGo solar is reaching Africa's poor, but for how long?

PayGo solar helped 25 to 30 million people in Africa access electricity between 2015 and 2020. But as commercial capital replaces grants, low-income and rural households risk being priced out. A recent paper in Communications Sustainability argues for keeping equity at the centre of the sector's growth.

Interview · Member Highlight

Our members: Professor David Quansah.

Prof. Quansah, Director of the Brew-Hammond Energy Centre at KNUST, reflects on the origins of his career in energy, where the gaps between research, policy and practice show up in Ghana today, and what regional power integration could mean for cross-border energy access.

Interview · Member Highlight

Member Highlight: Edo Abraham.

AISESA member Edo Abraham on why reliable, affordable basic services are the foundation for any credible development narrative.

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