Spare Africa?

Vanessa Nakate (UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Youth Climate Activist) makes some serious points about Africa's recent focus, as a prime location for oil and gas extraction (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/27/rich-countries-fossil-fuels-africa-renewables-gas-climate). Nakate opines that 'rich countries should stop pushing fossil fuels on Africa'. It appears, however, it's actually rich fossil fuel companies (often based in Europe or the US) lusting after Africa's reserves, for export to Europe and the USA. Africans seem to a) use relatively little of any extracted petrochemicals; b) mostly get virtually no financial benefits from prospecting and c) suffer all the impacts of widespread pollution. The continent of Africa is especially vulnerable to climate change. Its populations don't need to have 'greenhouse gas' emissions added to. There's a strong possibility that a) Africa's often relatively weak environmental and human welfare protections and b) a growing antipathy to oil and gas companies in Europe and the US, are making African reserves particularly attractive to fossil fuel companies. As Nakate points out, Africa also deserves a renewable future. It could, with help, generate all its power needs from wind and solar. Why should this continent become a pawn, extending the lives (and profits) of the 'Big Oil' consortia?