Africa’s critical-minerals role highlighted as world moves into ‘Age of Electricity’

With the global energy system moving into the “Age of Electricity”, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has again highlighted the central role of Africa in producing the critical minerals required to support the electrification of energy services previously dominated by fossil fuels, such as transportation. Releasing the ‘World Energy Outlook 2024’ report, IEA executive director Fatih Birol argued that it was becoming increasingly evident that the future of the global energy system was electric.