The Africa Outlook 2026
Critical minerals, exceptional solar potential and some of the lowest-cost real reductions in the world. Insetting can link them to the buyers who need them.
Open the document (PDF)The Africa Outlook by C3 The continent holds some of the world’s most valuable resources for the energy transition and exceptional solar potential.
Critical minerals that power batteries, clean technologies, and some of the lowest-cost opportunities for real emissions reductions. Yet the continent still captures only a fraction of the investment and capacity needed to turn those advantages into lasting economic value.
Scope 3 investment through insetting creates a direct link between companies that need credible supply-chain reductions and African industries that can deliver them. That link can unlock capital for projects in agriculture, mining, geothermal power and green ammonia.
This outlook explores how this financing channel is developing.
Originally published on LinkedIn, 9 August 2026.
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