Addressing Africa?s Energy Dilemma
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Pistelli L
The Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition
2020[]; 73
(?): 151-74
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This chapter discusses how the ongoing low-carbon energy transformation could
reshape geopolitics within Africa and between the continent and the rest of the
world. The chapter first attempts to define what ?transition? means in African
contexts and if the concept applies at all to African dynamics. It then delves
into the drivers and modalities of Africa?s alleged shift to finally explore
geopolitical dynamics, questioning whether Africa is still the locus for the
global supply of natural resources, introducing patterns of engagement between
Africa and international/regional actors, and finally presenting the
socio-economic implications of the shift. We conclude that while the venues and
sources of geopolitical interest might change in the new geopolitical order that
the transition to renewable energy implies, the content and modalities of
interaction may see a continuity with the past, namely, dependence on external
financing and technology. With yet at least one novelty: increased relevance of
regional interdependencies.
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