This paper develops a geographic understanding of urban energy transitions in subSaharanudAfrican towns and cities. In doing so this paper seeks to critically reflect on theudvalue and limits of urban transitions analysis as a framework for understanding energyudnetworks beyond the largely integrated systems across the Global North. We explore howudthese potentials and deficits can be addressed by examining promising developmentsudacross a series of debates in urban studies that can help sensitise this approach toudenergyscapes in the African context. By reviewing urban transi- tions analysis throughudthese debates the paper offers four important contributions to expand existing ways ofudunderstanding energy transition. These include the particular urbanisation dynamics ofudAfrican towns ands cities, the need to locate the urban across energy regimes, theudagencies of various intermediaries and urban actors and the contested politics inherent inudthe governing of energy networks. In the conclusion we reflect on the specific directionsudthat have emerged from the paper in relation to our contributions, offering audgeographically informed framework that allows us to better examine the challenges andudspecificities of transition across these rapidly growing urban regions.
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