The energy transition offers a critical opportunity to escape this extractive dynamic. The current global energy crisis has made the energy transition all the more urgent. Achieving broad-based development requires a new approach, one which leverages South-South cooperation to advance green development and sustainable industrialization. Brazil and Africa have important comparative advantages in two sectors that are central to the global energy transition. Already, decentralized solar-power installations are proliferating in many African countries, expanding access to electricity in rural areas and urban peripheries.