The global landscape of energy affordability, reliability, modernity, and sustainability is marked by climate change complexities, compounding energy poverty globally and drawing discussions among policymakers, academia, industry, and politicians at the international, regional, and national levels. In Africa, the energy sector is extensively plagued with challenges such as low access, power shortages, and constrained infrastructure as climate change disrupts energy resources, thus surging energy poverty. African Development Bank blames the continent’s energy vulnerability to climate change, with 645 million people having no access to electricity. Amidst this climate chaos, the UN SDG7 envisions ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. How these global targets unfold in Africa remains a critical area for research, thus positioning this paper. Using the secondary data research approach adopting a vigorous review of various publications, the study focused on the five SDG7 Targets & Indicators to understand the underlying climate change problems that affect energy dynamics on the continent. The study results have revealed promising energy prospects on the continent that would sustainably avert energy poverty, including the global energy efficiency progress that would reach 2.2% in 2022, twice the average over the previous 5 years, with a positive effect on averting energy poverty in Africa, while adopting small technologies that produce, store, and manage energy poverty. The results are a worthwhile contribution to reimagining and reconceptualizing Africa’s energy policies to avert the prevalent energy poverty on the continent sustainably. Secondly, the results will contribute to the ongoing debate on fostering economic development through energy enhancement. Thirdly, the results attempted to contribute to knowledge gaps, particularly in implementing interventions tailored to achieve SDG7 in Africa and pave the way for further research regarding the sustainability and resilience of the energy sector amidst climate change. Lastly, the results contribute to achieving UN SDG 7 (Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all) and SDG 13 (Climate Action).