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Article
08 Nov 2019
Nigeria Energy Outlook
…Africa Energy Outlook 2019 is the IEA’s most comprehensive and detailed work to date on energy across the African continent, with a particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. It includes detailed energy profiles of 11 countries that represent three-quarters of the region’s gross domestic product and energy demand. Key indicators and policy initiatives Key energy indicators Nigeria remains Africa’s largest economy: in the AC, supplying an economy three-times larger than today would require less energy demand if the energy mix were to be diversified.In the AC, gas meets a growing share of energy demand…
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Country report
Oct 2018
Outlook for Producer Economies
…economic diversification; and examines the potential implications of different pathways for energy markets, global environmental goals, and energy security. At more than any other point in recent history, fundamental changes to the development model of resource-rich countries look unavoidable. The drive for energy efficiency and the long-term response to climate change, in addition to technology innovation and the shale revolution in the United States, are all pointing to sustained pressure on economies that rely heavily on revenue from oil and gas.Outlook for Producer Economies focuses on what these changes could mean across six key countries: Iraq, Nigeria, Russia…
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Article
22 Nov 2019
Democratic Republic of the Congo Energy Outlook
Africa Energy Outlook 2019 is the IEA’s most comprehensive and detailed work to date on energy across the African continent, with a particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. It includes detailed energy profiles of 11 countries that represent three-quarters of the region’s gross domestic product and energy demand. Key indicators and policy initiatives Key energy indicators In the AC, Democratic Republic of the Congo supports an economy six-times larger than today’s with only 35% more energy by diversifying its energy mix away from one that is 95% dependent on bioenergy. The power sector sees more…
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Article
20 Nov 2020
The Covid-19 crisis is reversing progress on energy access in Africa
…sold in Africa has dropped by more than 10% in the first half of this year. While this decline is not large enough to undermine the overall expansion of solar PV capacity worldwide, it does means that hundreds of thousands of households do not have access to basic electricity services. The cost of borrowing has also increased dramatically, limiting the ability of governments to expand energy access. This is particularly true for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. Together, those countries were home to more than one-third of all people without electricity access globally…
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Article
21 Nov 2019
Angola Energy Outlook
Africa Energy Outlook 2019 is the IEA’s most comprehensive and detailed work to date on energy across the African continent, with a particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. It includes detailed energy profiles of 11 countries that represent three-quarters of the region’s gross domestic product and energy demand.
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Article
21 Nov 2019
Mozambique Energy Outlook
Africa Energy Outlook 2019 is the IEA’s most comprehensive and detailed work to date on energy across the African continent, with a particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. It includes detailed energy profiles of 11 countries that represent three-quarters of the region’s gross domestic product and energy demand.
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Article
22 Nov 2019
Senegal Energy Outlook
Africa Energy Outlook 2019 is the IEA’s most comprehensive and detailed work to date on energy across the African continent, with a particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. It includes detailed energy profiles of 11 countries that represent three-quarters of the region’s gross domestic product and energy demand. Key indicators and policy initiatives Key energy indicators Senegal’s economy could grow six-times larger in the AC while limiting growth in energy demand to three-times its current level by utilising new gas resources and boosting the use of renewables in power.In the AC, gas meets…
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Article
10 Nov 2021
Ghana Energy Outlook
Africa Energy Outlook 2019 is the IEA’s most comprehensive and detailed work to date on energy across the African continent, with a particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. It includes detailed energy profiles of 11 countries that represent three-quarters of the region’s gross domestic product and energy demand. Key indicators and policy initiatives Key energy indicators Supplying an economy that is four-times the size of today's could require only three times more energy with the implementation of efficiency standards in the AC.Oil remains the largest energy source in both scenarios, with nearly two-thirds…
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Article
22 Nov 2019
Kenya Energy Outlook
…Energy Outlook 2019 is the IEA’s most comprehensive and detailed work to date on energy across the African continent, with a particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. It includes detailed energy profiles of 11 countries that represent three-quarters of the region’s gross domestic product and energy demand. Key indicators and policy initiatives Key energy indicators In the AC, Kenya could supply an economy six-and half times larger than today using little more than twice its current energy consumption, if it were to move away from bioenergy and improve energy efficiency.Two-thirds of Kenya’s energy…