African Leaders Weigh Domestic Energy vs Foreign Aid

Africa is at a clean energy crossroads. Cheap solar panels and critical lines of funding from China are affording the continent the opportunity to develop the African clean energy sector, but this access to affordable supply chains and abundant international investment comes at the cost of the continent’s energy sovereignty. African leaders must now decide if they want to take the low-hanging fruit of cooperation with China, or take the much harder road of forging their own supply chains for aid-free energy independence. Africa is in a tough…