Through WRI’s engagement and dialogues on energy transitions across the African continent, it has identified 'blind spots' in current energy transition modelling studies focused on Africa. WRI Africa will collaborate with TransitionZero, utilising our data and software to support research and engagement on energy transition planning in Africa.

To date, most research on Africa’s energy transition has been conducted at the continental level. This leaves a gap of information for in-country policymakers, and an inaccurate perception that the same challenges and solutions to improved energy access, security, and affordability apply uniformly across the entire continent. To address this, WRI Africa and its local partners initiated a research program on country-level transition pathways that includes detailed energy modelling efforts using state-of-the-art tools and models.