Africa Turns to Regional Interconnection Projects to Boost Energy Access

NEW DELHI--September 14, 2021--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Energy reliability remains a challenge to Africa's socioeconomic progress. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), more than 500 million people across the continent do not have access to electricity. The Sub-Saharan region is the most negatively affected, plagued with old and obsolete power networks and mired by insufficient financing for infrastructure. Countries in northern African generally are in a better position.