Power Africa's largest infrastructure challenge
Power may come as no surprise, but a study by the Economic Commission for Africa on Public Private Partnerships in Africa’s Energy Sector says on average, Sub-Saharan Africa experiences approximately 56 power outages a year. This results in lost sales revenues, damage to equipment and the cost of running generators. As Africa’s energy demands increase, power remains the biggest infrastructure challenge and overall, the economic costs of power outages can easily rise to 1–2 percent of GDP, Infrastructure Specialist with the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA). High-level Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships in Africa’s Energy Sector stated that the Continent needs to meet an annual funding gap of US$ 29.2 bn for the energy sector.
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| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2011-06
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/33051 |
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