Urbanization

Why EIA’s universal access model for Africa (definitely) overstates coal and (likely) understates solar

Todd Moss, Katie Auth

Power and the Urban Informal Economy

Yael Borofsky

Bloomberg: Africa’s Cities Are About to Boom – and Maybe Explode

From Bloomberg: Africa is rural. Or that’s what senior Western officials envision when they talk about the continent.…

Recognizing the energy access challenges of informal urban communities in Africa

June Lukuyu, Jess Kersey

Rethinking the urban energy transition in Sub-Saharan Africa

Joel Nana

Power suppliers offer off-grid solutions to Africa’s growing cities →

Africa’s Cities Are About to Boom – and Maybe Explode →

What will the ‘Just Energy Transition’ mean for African cities? A Kampala case study

Joel Nana

A planner’s guide to acquiring building locations data

Stephen Lee

Power Outages in Growing Cities: Resulting Air Pollution and the Role of Regulation

Dana Kassem

Joel Nana

The promise and risks of negative emissions in Africa

Habiba Ahut Daggash

Going Big on Power Africa: Fortifying the Initiative for Today’s Urgent Challenges

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Todd Moss, Rose Mutiso, Kate Steel (+2...)

Why the Climate Panic About Africa Is Wrong

Originally appeared in Foreign Policy, December 6, 2021. As climate pledges pile up, a worrying theme is emerging...

12 reasons why natural gas should be part of Africa’s clean energy future

Originally appeared in a World Economic Forum (WEF) post, July 23, 2020. Several high-profile financiers of emerging markets…