Of the oft-quoted 600 million Africans living without electricity across the continent, it is estimated about 150 million of them live within range of their local public grids but are still not connected. The challenge is that as populations have grown particularly in rural areas, governments have not prioritized spending the hundreds of millions of […]
530 Million Africans Risk Being Without Energy
The agency said policy makers in the continent do not have a predetermined path towards providing power to all citizens. The International Energy Agency said in its 2019 African Energy Outlook that 530 million persons in Sub-Saharan Africa will be left without electricity if the continent’s leaders do not change their electricity strategy. The agency […]