A solar installation in Manamaneng, Lesotho. Power Africa African countries are increasingly looking to renewable energy to meet growing power demand. “Africa is not on the periphery of the global energy transition, it is sitting at its center,” Mugwe Manga, climate finance lead at FSD Kenya, told the Associated Press . “The continent holds the world’s best renewable resources, and the economics have now decisively turned in favor of clean energy.” In 2025, African countries added a combined 11.3 gigawatts of renewable capacity, up from just 4.2 gigawatts in 2024, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. Increasingly, renewables are displacing fossil fuels. Of the 322 energy projects announced across Africa last year, 253 were renewable energy projects, including 173 solar installations, according to research firm Electron Intelligence. Just 22 natural gas projects were announced.…