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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen
@landaffairs.bsky.social
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Governance of natural resource investments; Political economy of energy transitions in Africa; Renewable energy; Oil, gas and land; Tanzania & Ghana. Working at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · Dec 8
Our recent article on Tanzania's (slow) energy transition is out in Energy Research and Social Science - it's open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The political economy of energy transitions in Africa: Coalitions, politics and power in Tanzania
The understanding of the political economy of energy transitions in lower-income African countries is little developed. A focus on coalitions has emer…
www.sciencedirect.com
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · 5d
The race for nuclear power in Africa continues: www.theafricareport.com/393986/kenya...
Kenya vs Ethiopia: Who will blink first in nuclear power race? - The Africa Report.com
Addis is clearly in front post-GERD Dam … but Nairobi is trying to catch up with new nuclear deals.
www.theafricareport.com
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · 5d
worldoil.com/news/2025/10...
Eni approves $7.2 billion Coral Norte LNG project offshore Mozambique
Eni has approved the $7.2 billion Coral Norte floating LNG project offshore Mozambique, which will add 3.6 million tons per year of LNG capacity and double the country’s production. Set to start in 20...
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · 7d
Well yes. It looks like it's serious this time
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · 7d
'China signed a $1.4 billion agreement with Zambia and Tanzania on Monday to upgrade the TAZARA railway' www.ecofinagency.com/news-infrast...
China Pledges $1.4B to Upgrade Zambia-Tanzania Rail Amid Global Minerals Race
• 30-year concession includes new locomotives, wagons, and freight upgrades • Deal strengthens mineral export routes as US, EU push Lobito Corridor China signed a $1.4 billion agreement with Zambia an...
www.ecofinagency.com
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · 11d
Yes, what a graph but there may be a downside to it toddmoss.substack.com/p/africa-nee...
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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 13d
🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · 15d
www.ft.com/content/24c6...
Donald Trump pushes World Bank to finance more fossil fuel development
The US is applying pressure to lenders to drop restrictions on projects contributing to climate change
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · 22d
Read our comment on the NDCs in Africa prior to the COP in Brazil: 'A faltering process: Unpredictable funding undermines the development of ambitious African climate plans'
www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
A faltering process: Unpredictable funding undermines the development of ambitious African climate plans | Development Today
Within a few months, the COP30 climate summit will take place in the city of Belém in Brazil. One of the main issues on the agenda in November will be the plans...
www.development-today.com
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Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social · Sep 8
Mission 300, championed by the World Bank & the AfDB, among others, needs a new mission.

Electrifying African firms for growth and development:

open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo...
Electrifying African firms for growth and development
On the urgent need to rethink the core goals of Mission 300
open.substack.com
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tomlavers.bsky.social @tomlavers.bsky.social · Sep 8
As #Ethiopia finally gets ready to inaugurate the #GERD, read about the history of Ethiopian dam building and the story of the GERD in this open access book (download link below) or a shorter thread below.
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tomlavers.bsky.social @tomlavers.bsky.social · Feb 21
New open access (free!) book on the politics of Ethiopian dam building, 'Dams, Power and the Politics of Ethiopia's Renaissance', out now global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · Aug 26
NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️

x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia

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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · Aug 4
Orca Energy Group Inc. announces arbitrations against the United Republic of Tanzania and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation over US$1.2 billion Project
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Orca Energy Group Inc. announces arbitrations against the United Republic of Tanzania and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation over US$1.2 billion Project
Orca announces arbitrations against the United Republic of Tanzania and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation over US$1.2 billion Project...
www.globenewswire.com
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · Jul 22
US & Russia coercing countries to lock in carbon.
But "countries w green industrial bases & supportive domestic political coalitions are more resilient to such pressure."

Two policy briefs:
1 plataformacipo.org/en/publicati...
2 www.netzeropolicylab.com/brics-going-...
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CESifo @cesifo.org · Jul 15
New Paper Alert!📢
"Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence" by @adreher.bsky.social‬ Jingke Pan @cjschneider.bsky.social

To understand how foreign aid can unintentionally fuel political violence in fragile democracies, read the full study here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · Jul 16
The unintended effects of foreign aid is 'higher levels of targeted political violence against local authorities and politicians, in particular during elections and in contexts with weak institutions and
strong informal politics.' Interesting paper on aid, rent-seeking, and elections
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CESifo @cesifo.org · Jul 15
New Paper Alert!📢
"Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence" by @adreher.bsky.social‬ Jingke Pan @cjschneider.bsky.social

To understand how foreign aid can unintentionally fuel political violence in fragile democracies, read the full study here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · Jul 13
No, it's not the case that only China is responsible for the large decline in extreme poverty over the past decades.

We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
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Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social · May 29
History of energy transitions.

(source: Critical Minerals Journal) 
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Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social · May 28
A great Kenyan has rested. RIP.
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Peter Bofin-Kilusungu @swahilistreet.bsky.social · May 24
Ugandan activist alleges she was raped while in Tanzanian detention www.bbc.com/news/article...
Agather Atuhaire: Ugandan activist alleges she was raped while in Tanzanian detention
Tanzanian authorities are not commenting on the allegations, which include sexual assault.
www.bbc.com
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · May 23
Reading this new book about the high expectations to PPPs mobilising private sector infrastructure investments in developing countries. And the development finance industry's continued lobbying for the model despite limited demonstrated success:
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · May 20
What can be learned about local content in oil and gas in Angola, Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania, that can be relevant for the promotion of employment and local firms in solar and wind in Africa? Read our new paper here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Local content and linkage development in African energy transitions: lessons from oil and gas
Expectations of development and jobs associated with the shift to Renewable Energy (RE) are significant in lower-income African countries. As a result…
www.sciencedirect.com
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · May 20
An interesting new paper by colleagues EdzePaula and Ulrich Elmer Hansen on local content and local learning and capabilities from large-scale solar projects in Ghana:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The role of delivery models in local content enhancement and technological capability-building: insights from Ghana
The transition to large-scale solar power is rapidly taking place in Africa. Projects typically involve foreign firms as technology suppliers, investors and developers. Empirical studies that inves...
www.tandfonline.com
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · May 16
Jobs and development do not come easily in Africa’s energy transitions. Read our latest article on what can be learned from petroleum of relevance to solar and wind:
Local content and linkage development in African energy transitions - www.diis.dk/en/research/...
Local content and linkage development in African energy transitions
Lessons from oil and gas suggest local content policies can help increase employment and the involvement of local firms
www.diis.dk
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Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · May 12
An interesting new paper on the political economy of mini-grids in Ghana by my colleague Abdul-Bassit Abubakar is out:
Ghana’s electrification via rural mini-grids has been disappointing - www.diis.dk/en/research/...
Ghana’s electrification via rural mini-grids has been disappointing
Misalignment between the government and development donors explains the country’s limited progress
www.diis.dk
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Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social · May 11
How to reliably electrify African countries for growth and development: open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo...
How to (more reliably) electrify Africa for economic growth and development
Deepening energy access must be complemented by an aggressive pro-growth agenda; with sufficient attention to economic and political incentives
open.substack.com
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