Independent Power Projects in Sub–Saharan Africa – Lessons From Five Key Countr…

Independent Power Projects in Sub-Saharan AfricaLessons from Five Key Countries\nAuthor(s): Anton Eberhard, Katharine Gratwick, Elvira Morella, Pedro Antmann\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: World Bank Publications, United States\nImprint: World Bank Publications\nISBN-13: 9781464808005, 978-1464808005\nSynopsis\nInadequate electricity services pose a major impediment to reducing extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Simply put, Africa does not have enough power. Despite the abundant low-carbon and low-cost energy resources available to Sub-Saharan Africa, the region s entire installed electricity capacity, at a little over 80 gigawatts (GW), is equivalent to that of the Republic of Korea. Looking ahead, Sub-Saharan Africa will need to ramp up its power generation capacity substantially. The investment needed to meet this goal largely exceeds African countries already stretched public finances. Increasing private investment is critical to help expand and.