Africa Energy Outlook 2019 World Energy Outlook Special ReportAfrica Energy Outlook 2019 World Energy Outlook Special Report www.iea.org/africa2019 Africa Energy Outlook - Cover Layout.indd 4 31-10-2019 170918Classic Page 1.indd 1 21-10-2019 105341 Classic Page 1_A4.indd 1 21-10-2019 105538 The IEA examines the full spectrum of energy issues including oil, gas and coal supply and demand, renewable energy technologies, electricity markets, energy efficiency, access to energy, demand side management and much more. Through its work, the IEA advocates policies that will enhance the reliability, affordability and sustainability of energy in its 30 member countries, 8 association countries and beyond. Please note that this publication is subject to specific restrictions that limit its use and distribution. The terms and conditions are available online at www.iea.org/t European Commission; Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Netherlands; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan; and Schneider Electric. Activities within the IEA Clean Energy Technologies Programme provided valuable support to this report. A high-level workshop on the Africa Energy Outlook, was held in Paris on 17 April 2019. The participants offered valuable new insights, feedback and data for this analysis. Further details on these events are available at www.iea.org/weo/events. Many senior government officials and international experts provided and reviewed preliminary drafts of the report. Their comments and suggestions were of great value. They include Thomas A. Frankiewicz US Environmental Protection Agency EPA Amani Abou-Zeid African Union Commission, Ethiopia Olalekan David AdeniyiChemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria Wisdom Ahiataku-Togobo Ministry of Energy, Ghana Safiatou Alzouma Nouhou Africa Renewable Energy Initiative AREI Pedro Antmann World Bank Edi Assoumou Mines ParisTech, France Douglas K Baguma Innovex, Uganda David Bnazraf Sahel and West Africa Club SWAC, OECD Chakib Benmoussa Kingdom of Morocco Christian Besson Independent consultant Andr Kabwe Bibombe Energy Commission, DR Congo Rina Bohla Zeller Vestas, Denmark Edward Borgstein Rocky Mountain Institute, Sustainable Energy for Economic Development SEED program AFRICA William Brent Power for All Irene Calv Saborit Sunkofa Energy Ute Collier Practical Action Emanuela Colombo Politecnico di Milano, Italy Anne-Sophie Corbeau BP Jon Lezamiz Cortazar Siemens Gamesa Christian de Gromard Agence Franaise de Dveloppement AFD, France Joseph Essandoh-Yeddu Energy Commission, Ghana Capella Festa Schlumberger IEA. All rights reserved. Acknowledgements 7 Silvia Francioso GOGLA Mike Fulwood Nexant Peter George Clean Cooking Alliance Olivia Gippner DG Climate Action, European Commission Kazushige Gobe Japan Bank For International Cooperation JBIC Monica Gullberg Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency SIDA Andrew Herscowitz Power Africa, US Agency for International Development Martin Hiller Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership REEEP Kamiishi Hiroto Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA Nastassja Hoffet Ministre de l’Europe et des Affaires Etrangres, France Dona Jean-Claude Houssou Ministry of Energy, Benin Samuel Igbatayo Afe Babalola University, Nigeria Emmanuel K. Ackom UN Environment Programme UNEP, Technical University of Denmark Partnership DTU Talla Kebe United Nations, Office of The Special Advisor On Africa Daniel Ketoto Government of Kenya/Office of the President Christoph Kost Institute for Transportation Development Policy ITDP Ken Koyama Institute of Energy Economics, Japan Francesco La Camera International Renewable Energy Agency Glada Lahn Chatham House Per Landberg Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NORAD Richard Lavergne Ministry for Economy and Finance, France David Lecoque Alliance for Rural Electrification Nikolaj Lomholt Svensson Embassy of Denmark in Ethiopia Emadeldin Ahmed Mahgoub Agricultural Research Corporation ARC, Sudan Molka Majdoub African Development Bank Mouhamadou Makhtar Ministre du ptrole et des nergies, Senegal Senatla Mamahloko Council for Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR, South Africa Martin Haigh Shell Anne Marx Lorenzen Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities Atef Marzouk African Union Commission Dimitris Mentis World Resources Institute WRI, United States Michelle Michot Foss University of Texas Asami Miketa International Renewable Energy Agency Arthur Minsat Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Simone Mori ENEL Isabel Murray Department of Natural Resources, Canada Rose Mutiso Energy for Growth Hub Glory Oguegbu Renewable Energy Technology Training Institute RETTI IEA. All rights reserved.8 Africa Energy Outlook 2019 | Special Report Karin Ohlenforst Global Wind Energy Council GWEC Sheila Oparaocha ENERGIA/HIVOS Moussa Ousman Ministry of mines, Energy, and Hydraulics, Central African Republic World Wide Fund for Nature WWF, Uganda Africa Green Korea Energy Economics Institute KEEI Comillas Pontifical University’s Institute for Research in Technology, Spain ENI Sustainable Energy for All World Bank Saudi Arabian Oil Company International Monetary Fund IMF Ministre du Ptrole et des nergies, Senegal National Resource Governance Institute, Tanzania Danish Ambassador to the OECD Africa Minigrid Developers Association MIT Energy Initiative, United States University of Mauritius UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs SNV Netherlands Development Organisation Shell Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands ECN part of TNO UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, United States RES4MEDAfrica Project Drawdown Isaiah Owiunji Cathy Oxby Pak Yongduk Jose Ignacio Perez Arriaga Lapo Pistelli Jem Porcaro Elisa Portale Seth Roberts Amir Sadeghi Papa Samba Ba Thomas Scurfield Carsten Staur Jessica Stephens Robert Stoner Dinesh Surroop Minoru Takada Rianne Teule Wim Thomas Nikos Tsafos Bob van der Zwaan David Victor Roberto Vigotti Abdulmutalib Yussuff Faruk Yusuf Yabo Federal Ministry of Power, Works Housing, Nigeria The individuals and organisations that contributed to this study are not responsible for any opinions or judgments it contains. 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