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The Challenge of Bringing Electricity to 620 Million People in Sub-Saharan Africa

POWER TO THE PEOPLE ACROSS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, 620 million people – 60 percent of the region's population – lack access to electricity, according to the African Development Bank. But current grid-based capacity and energy resources vary substantially from one part of the region to another. INSTALLED GRID-BASED CAPACITY PER REGION 20 GW West Africa 8 GW East Africa 4 GW Central Africa If every country builds what it needs, the region would re- quire about $490B for new generating capacity, plus anoth- er $345B for trans- 58 GW Southern Africa mission and distribu- (The country of South Africa accounts for 79% of this amount) tion." McKinsey & Company POPULATION COMPARED TO GRID CAPACITY (2013) SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 936.3 MILLION PEOPLE 90 GW GRID CAPACITY UNITED STATES 316.1 MILLION PEOPLE 1,060 GW GRID CAPACITY ELECTRICITY SOURCES ACROSS THE REGION 38% 31%% 18% 10% 3% COAL GAS HYDRO OIL OTHER A CONTINENT IN TRANSITION 315M 220M 25% Number of people in sub-Saharan Africa who will likely gain access to electricity by 2040 Number of people who will gain access through mini-grid and off-grid solutions Even without incentives, projected percentage of total energy across the whole of Africa coming from renewable energy in 2040 ristopher e ensia.com Sources: African Development Bank, International Energy Agency and World Bank All photos via Flickr | Creative Commons, including SolarAid Photos, oatsy40, D Coetzee, Ronald Vriesema, Chris_J and DIVatUSAID

The Challenge of Bringing Electricity to 620 Million People in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Across sub-Saharan Africa, 620 million people — 60 percent of the region’s population — lack access to electricity, according to the African Development Bank. As this infographic reveals, the cu...

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