AFREIKH Summer School opens with focus on managing Africa’s extractive future in energy transition

The discussions at the Africa Regional Extractive Industries Knowledge Hub (AFREIKH) Summer School were anchored around a fundamental question: “How can Africa turn its vast natural resource wealth into meaningful and lasting development?

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), in partnership with the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), on Thursday, August 20, began the 2026 Summer School on Managing Africa’s Extractives in the Energy Transition.

The Africa Director, Natural Resource Governance Institute, Nafi Quarshie, admonished the need for Africa to move beyond a model centred on extracting and exporting raw materials.