Is 2026 the year Africa’s energy transition hits overdrive?

“Its chaotic, but it’s a good kind of chaos.” That is how Mark Howard, Editor at African Energy, describes the current liberalisation of the energy sector in our latest episode of The Energy Situation Room. We’re moving away from the narrative of state monopolies and into an era of "positive disharmony" where regulators, utilities, and IPPs are pushing the industry forward. What’s fuelling this optimism?