Energy poverty and funding hurdles hold back Africa’s green transition

The effects of a rapidly warming climate are all too evident in Africa. Floods described as “unprecedented” killed more than 200 people in Kenya in May and displaced thousands more. In the Sahel, the semi-arid strip south of the Sahara, climate change is causing desertification that has made livestock production increasingly difficult, exacerbating conflict and driving people to poverty.

However, Ayuk warns this “doesn’t really make sense” because Africa “cannot afford it”. James Mwangi, chief executive of Africa Climate Ventures, an investment company, adds that the “leapfrog” framing is wrong because most of the fossil fuels extracted in Africa are exported, with little used for energy generation at home. Africa already has more renewable energy resources than fossil fuel reserves, notes Mwangi.

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