Two-Day Workshop “Powering Africa’s Rise: From Renewable Wealth to Industrial Strength” Concludes with Bold Commitments to Accelerate SDG7 Dakar, Senegal – 11 December 2025: Development partners, private-sector actors, and UNDP energy experts from across 25 countries, mostly from West and Central Africa, have concluded a two-day high-level workshop to shape the… +
The Continent’s Energy Transition Must Be Locally Led By Anibor Kragha, Executive Secretary, African Refiners & Distributors Association (ARDA) (https://ARDA.Africa/). External expectations have framed Africa’s role in the energy transition for years. Despite facing different realities, such as limited infrastructure, restricted access to capital, and less influence in global energy… +
Faced with development imperatives, Africa continues to prioritize fossil fuels despite promises of energy transition and the urgency of climate change. Oil, in particular, remains at the heart of the continent’s economic strategies, as reflected in the sharp increase in refining capacity expected by 2030. This orientation contrasts with the… +
Speaking from New York, the UN Secretary-General delivered on Tuesday a scathing indictment of fossil fuels and a passionate plea for a faster and fairer transition to renewables. With the East River as a backdrop and the blue summer sky bearing witness, António Guterres sounded the end of an era—the… +
