World Bank2014-01-282014-01-282013-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16623Africa is in the midst of a power crisis. Despite abundant low-carbon, a low-cost energy resource, Africa faces chronic energy shortages. The region s power generation capacity is lower than that of any other region in the world, and when compared with other developing regions, its capacity growth has stagnated. The power crisis is the result of several constraints that, together, create a vicious cycle. Africa's electricity access is the worst in the world. Almost 70 percent of the continent s population (nearly 600 million people) and 10 million small- and medium-sized enterprises have no access to electricity. Sub-Saharan African's(SSA) account for nearly 45 percent of people lacking electricity across the globe. Most regions in the world have urban electrification rates of 90 percent or higher; in SSA, less than 60 percent of those living in urban areas have electricity. If current electricity connection trends continue, fewer than 40 percent of SSA countries will reach universal access to electricity by 2050.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS ROADSACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO ENERGYACCESS TO MODERN ENERGYAFFORDABLE PRICESAIRAIR POLLUTIONALUMINUMAPPROACHAQUATIC LIFEAVAILABILITYAVAILABILITY OF POWERAVERAGE TARIFFBALANCEBIOMASSBORDER TRANSMISSIONCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL COSTSCAR BATTERIESCARBON EMISSIONSCARBON INTENSITYCATALYSTSCLEAN COALCLEAN ENERGYCLEAN ENERGY GENERATIONCLIMATECO2CO2 EMISSIONSCOALCOBALTCOMMERCIALIZATIONCONCESSIONCONNECTED HOUSEHOLDSCONNECTION CHARGESCONNECTION COSTSCONSUMPTION OF ENERGYCOOK STOVESCOPPERCOST OF ELECTRICITYCOST OF POWERCOST RECOVERYCOSTS OF POWERDEMAND FOR ENERGYDEMAND FOR POWERDIESELDIESEL GENERATORSDIESEL POWERDISTRIBUTION LOSSESDOMESTIC ENERGYDRILLINGDRILLING ACTIVITIESECONOMIC COSTSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC FACTORSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIES OF SCALEEFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTELECTRIC GRIDSELECTRIC POWERELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY SERVICESELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY TARIFFSELECTRIFICATIONEND USERSENERGY ACCESSENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY CRISISENERGY DEMANDENERGY DEVELOPMENTENERGY DIVERSIFICATIONENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY INTENSITYENERGY INVESTMENTSENERGY MARKETSENERGY MIXENERGY OUTLOOKENERGY PRICESENERGY PRICINGENERGY RESOURCEENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SECTORENERGY SERVICESENERGY SHORTAGESENERGY SOLUTIONSENERGY SOURCESENERGY SUBSIDIESENERGY SUPPLIESENERGY SUPPLYENERGY SYSTEMSENERGY USAGEENERGY-EFFICIENCYENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSFINANCIAL VIABILITYFORESTFOREST MANAGEMENTFOSSILFOSSIL FUELSFUEL PRICESFUEL SUPPLYGASGAS RESOURCESGASOLINEGENERATING CAPACITYGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATION COSTSGEOTHERMAL CAPACITYGEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENTGEOTHERMAL ENERGYGEOTHERMAL PLANTSGEOTHERMAL RESOURCEGEOTHERMAL RESOURCESGOLDGOVERNMENT SUBSIDIESGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGRID ELECTRICITYGRID EXTENSIONGRID SOLUTIONSGRID TECHNOLOGIESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH RATESHEAVY RELIANCEHYDRO POWERHYDROELECTRIC POWERHYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTHYDROLOGICAL DATAHYDROPOWERHYDROPOWER GENERATIONINDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERSINFORMAL CONNECTIONSINTERNATIONAL ENERGYINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONINVESTMENT CLIMATEIRONKEROSENEKEROSENE LAMPSKILOWATT HOURKILOWATT-HOURLAND DEGRADATIONLNGLOAD MANAGEMENTLOCAL CAPITAL MARKETSLOW-CARBONMARGINAL COSTSMARKET ACCESSMETHANENATIONAL GRIDNATURAL GASNATURAL RESOURCESOILOUTSOURCINGPIPELINEPLATINUMPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOST-CONFLICTPOWERPOWER CORPORATIONPOWER COSTSPOWER CRISISPOWER DEMANDPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GENERATION CAPACITYPOWER GRIDPOWER INVESTMENTSPOWER LINESPOWER MARKETSPOWER OUTAGESPOWER PLANTPOWER PLANTSPOWER PRODUCERPOWER PRODUCERSPOWER PRODUCTIONPOWER PURCHASEPOWER SECTORPOWER SECTOR PLANNINGPOWER SECTOR REFORMPOWER SECTORSPOWER SHORTAGESPOWER STATIONPOWER SUPPLYPOWER SYSTEMPOWER SYSTEMSPOWER TRADEPOWER UTILITIESPRICE INCREASESPRICE OF ELECTRICITYPRICE OF POWERPRIMARY ENERGYPRIVATE CAPITALPRIVATE OPERATORSPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPUBLIC UTILITIESRAINFALLRENEWABLE ELECTRICITYRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCESRENEWABLE RESOURCESRENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIESREVENUE COLLECTIONRURAL ELECTRIFICATIONRURAL ENERGYSOLAR LANTERNSSOLAR POWERSOLAR WATER HEATERSSOURCE OF ENERGYSUPPLY OF ELECTRICITYSUSTAINABLE ENERGYTARIFF RATESTHERMAL POWERTRADITIONAL FUELSTRANSMISSION CAPACITYTRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURETRANSMISSION LINETRANSMISSION LINESTRANSMISSION SYSTEMTRANSMISSION SYSTEMSUTILITIESVOLTAGEWATER QUALITYWHOLESALE POWERWINDWOOD FUELWorld Bank10.1596/16623