World Energy Council: Sub-Saharan Africa Faces $450 Billion Electrification Challenge

JOHANNESBURG--February 19, 2015--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Sub-Saharan Africa faces an investment challenge of $450 billion to ensure that urban populations have access to electricity by 2040, according to the executive chair of a World Energy Council (WEC) (London, England) study group. Joan MacNaughton of the World Energy Trilemma gave the keynote address at the annual Africa Energy Inbdaba meeting in Johannesburg.

Within this article: Power development in Sub-Saharan Africa.