What Southeast Asia’s lights and kitchens can teach Africa about energy access By Wentland Muhatiah, Senior Advocacy and Policy Research Officer, ACCESS Coalition In 2000, roughly one in six people […]
Same starting line, different finish Read More »
By Wentland Muhatiah, ACCESS Coalition Picture a wooden pole standing at the edge of a village. It is the most ordinary object in the energy world, and the most telling.
Poles, ladders and the people we count Read More »
By Wentland Muhatiah, Senior Advocacy and Policy Research Officer, ACCESS Coalition The energy transition and the just energy transition are usually treated as two camps. Both would get further by
What gets counted gets funded: making energy justice follow the money Read More »
Why the jobs agenda in Bangkok starts with an accountable Mission 300 By Wentland Muhatiah, Senior Advocacy and Policy Research Officer, ACCESS Coalition The world’s finance ministers are in Bangkok
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Sub-Saharan Africa stands at a pivotal moment. Mission 300 (M300) a joint initiative by the World Bank Group (WBG) and African Development Bank (AfDB) promises to halve energy poverty in
Can Mission 300 Build a Just Energy Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa? Read More »
By Wentland Muhatiah, Senior Advocacy and Policy Research Officer – ACCESS Coalition A Life Lived in the Shadows Picture this: it’s a humid night in rural Uganda. A mother, eight
Why Energy Access in Africa Cannot Wait Read More »
On September 11, 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) closed with a resounding message: Africa is not a victim of climate change but a driver
Reflections from Africa Climate Summit 2025 Read More »
On September 4, 2025, the World Bank convened a virtual Civil Society Energy Dialogue to discuss Mission 300, the ambitious initiative launched in 2024 to connect 300 million people in
By ACCESS Coalition Team At the Africa Climate Summit 2023 in Nairobi, African leaders sent a powerful message through the Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action: energy
From Declarations to Delivery: Making Energy Access Real by Africa Climate Summit 2025 Read More »
By Patricia Mbogo, Executive Director, ACCESS Coalition In February this year, ACCESS Coalition-with support from ENERGIA, Kenya Climate Change Working Group and Christian Aid Kenya-convened civil society organizations, government agencies,
COP30 is Coming Fast. Let it NOT be another Global Gathering of Good Intentions Read More »
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