Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today
Electric utilities are central to the energy development agenda of Sub-Saharan Africa, as expressed in Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7), which commits the international community to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and mode...
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| Format: | Technical Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440591628869078878/Summary-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36178 |
| Summary: | Electric utilities are central to the
energy development agenda of Sub-Saharan Africa, as
expressed in Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7), which
commits the international community to ensure access to
affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all
by 2030. Over the previous two decades, utilities in
Sub-Saharan Africa have made impressive strides in expanding
the delivery of modern electricity services to households
and businesses. The continent’s electricity access rate
increased from 28 percent in 2000 to 48 percent in 2018, and
generation capacity grew from 63 gigawatts in 2000 to 106
gigawatts in 2017. However, COVID-19 threatens to upend
these gains, rendering the challenge of reaching SDG 7 even
more urgent and, at the same time, even more difficult to
achieve. In response, utilities will have to step up to the
task of providing service to millions who now live without
electricity, ensure reliable electricity for health
facilities and schools, become credible off-takers for
private developers of renewable energy, and promote regional
energy trade. |
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