POWER IN AFRICA

Shocking Facts

*Only 4% of electricity worldwide is produced in Africa

*Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s lowest electrification rate at 25.9%

*Rural electrification rate in sub-Saharan Africa are only 8%

*70% of household income in Africa is spent on energy [diesel,kerosene,charcoal]

80% of Africans rely on biomass for energy [wood or charcoal fuel]

*4 million hectares of forest are felled each year in Africa, twice the world average