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Financing Electricity Access in Africa State of play
Understanding electricity access financing As of 2024, around 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (47% of the population) did not have access to electricity. With electrification barely keeping up with population growth rates, progress remains far off the pace envisaged both by African governments and international organisations. Reaching universal access requires a cost-effective, multi-technology approach, with grid extension, mini-grids and stand-alone systems all playing a role to ensure affordable service provision to unelectrified communities. Notably, financing has been one of the primary impediments to growth.For the first time, the IEA has tracked electricity access financing commitments…
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Energy and AI
…you expected, rephrase or refine your query to better guide the agent. Provide context when needed: If your question relates to a specific section or chapter of the Electricity 2025 report, mention it in your prompt. For example, "Explain the latest trends for Africa in the Regional section of the Electricity 2025 report." Specify desired format: If you need the response in a particular format such as a list or summary, mention it in your prompt. For example, "List the key points from the executive summary of the Electricity 2025 report." Clarify region and timeframe: When asking for data, be…
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Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report, 2025
…Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO)—the five custodian agencies responsible for tracking progress toward SDG 7. Figure ES.1 offers a snapshot of the primary indicators for 2025.Progress toward 2030 targets remains off track, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, owing in part to the Covid-19 pandemic and 2022 energy crisis. Nonetheless, globally, policy progress and technological advances have shown some promising results, notably in boosting renewable energy deployment and achieving modest (though still insufficient) improvements in energy efficiency. Elements of…
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National Climate Resilience Assessment for Mozambique
…guards against some of these risks. Mozambique envisages the deployment of 1 GW of new solar PV and up to 0.5 GW of onshore wind capacity by 2030. Considering changing precipitation patterns and risks for floods and droughts in siting new projects would also be important to reduce the risk of asset damage and loss.Heavy precipitation and floods could also pose a risk to the secure operation of Mozambique’s coal mines. As Africa’s second largest coal producer, Mozambique’s economy strongly relies on these exports, which made up 13% of GDP in 2023. Mozambique plans to give natural…
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Indicators Handbook for Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions
…institutional capacities and national policy landscapes. On the global stage, these indicators can also support countries as they develop their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and other climate and adaptation strategies. The Indicators Handbook for Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions was launched at the meeting of the Global Commission on 9 October 2025 in Durban, South Africa as part of the official programme of the G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial Meeting. It is an official South Africa G20 Presidency document, developed by the Global Commission on People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions in collaboration with the South Africa G20 Presidency Secretariat and its local partners.
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Global Hydrogen Review 2026
…by 2030.This sixth edition of the Global Hydrogen Review includes novel analysis on what constitutes an acceptable cost for low-emissions hydrogen across multiple applications and regions. It concludes with a special focus chapter exploring challenges and opportunities for the development of new supply chains for low-emissions hydrogen-based products in Africa.The report is published alongside updates to the Hydrogen Production and Infrastructure Projects Database and the online Hydrogen Tracker. These resources allow users to explore project-level information and data on announced and operational projects for the production of low-emissions hydrogen and for the development…
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Wired for water: How electrification is transforming desalination
…the global population live today. Around 85% live in emerging market and developing economies. Major population growth centres are already affected: in India, over 70% of the population lives in highly stressed areas, particularly in the northeast, and the number of people facing water stress today equals the country’s total population in the early 2000s.The Middle East and North Africa, home to 490 million people in 2024, faces extreme water stress. Around 75% of the population lived in water-stressed areas in 2000, and despite slightly faster population growth in relatively less stressed zones – such as northern Morocco…
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Average consumption by technology in sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
Average consumption by technology in sub-Saharan Africa, 2024 Electricity Access Commentary
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A major summit on clean cooking in Africa
…2026. In today's edition: The Kenyan, Norwegian and US governments will co-host our 2nd Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa; the latest outlook for coal; the diverging oil market trends; powering Ireland's energy future; strengthening collaboration with India's energy leaders; new podcast episodes on electricity access and shifting centres of energy gravity; and more.
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Kenya, Norway, US and IEA to hold 2nd major Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa
Together with the governments of Kenya, Norway and the United States…