THE POWER OF WATER

Can hydropower offer the solution to the African continent’s need for sustainable electrification?

W hile Africa is home to 17 percent of the world’s population, it uses just four percent of the world’s power.

Africa’s access to electricity varies across the region – while North

Africa is almost entirely electrified, in some Sub-Saharan African countries electrification rates are below 30 percent. It is estimated that around 600 million people across the continent lack access to electricity,