How an African energy revolution could save ALL of us.

There is a quiet revolution happening across the vast content of Africa. Imports of solar PV panels jumped 60% in the 12 months to June 2025. Millions of microgrids and individual solar installations are now driving the electrification of just about every African nation. But fossil fuels still dominate most existing utility scale grids. So, can the people of Africa by pass the centralised monopolies and drive their own renewable prosperity. Because if they can, they might just save all of us! Help support this channel's independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Video Transcripts available at our website http://www.justhaveathink.com Reference Links: EMBER : The first evidence of a take-off in solar in Africa https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2025/08/Report-Ember-The-first-evidence-of-a-take-off-in-solar-in-Africa.pdf Energy in Africa - Solar imports jump by 60% https://energyinafrica.com/insight/solar-imports-into-africa-surges/ Check the EnergyProjects YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ki96zsNuHk Chatham House reports https://www.chathamhouse.org/2022/12/response-debt-distress-africa-and-role-china https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/03/competing-visions-international-order/02-china-balancing-us-increasing-global-influence Wood Mackenzie analysis https://www.woodmac.com/blogs/the-edge/africas-energy-future-africas-terms Institute for Security & Development Policy https://www.isdp.eu/publication/chinas-great-retreat-unpacking-the-boom-bust-and-strategic-withdrawal-from-africa The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/02/china-debt-trap-diplomacy/617953 Microgrids in Nigeria https://energyalliance.org/partnerships-for-power-unlocking-scale-for-interconnected-minigrids-in-nigeria Associated Press - African Solar Potential https://apnews.com/article/africa-solar-tower-renewable-energy-698216c8520dbaf9385e7d41515901b1 Business Insider - Nigeria set to be 3rd most populous nation by 2100 https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/nigeria-to-overtake-china-as-the-second-most-populous-country-in-the-world-by-2100/tvrhcng Chinese debt relief analysis chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5652847de4b033f56d2bdc29/t/60353345259d4448e01a37d8/1614099270470/WP+39+-+Acker%2C+Brautigam%2C+Huang+-+Debt+Relief.pdf Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators Simon Clark: youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Dr Gilbz youtube.com/@DrGilbz zentouro: youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Sarah Karvner: youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ