Mapping Africa’s energy wealth and 560 million who remain without power
Yet more than 560 million people in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity, accounting for about 86 percent of the global total, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Rural students in Ghana study by kerosene lantern where limited electricity access makes evening study difficult [File: Taylor Weidman/LightRocket via Getty Images]Africa has vast energy resources, from oil and natural gas to the minerals powering the global energy transition.
Africa holds billions of barrels of oil, trillions of cubic metres of gas and produces most of the world’s cobalt and manganese for electric car batteries.
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