Industry - Energy & Utilities

An overview of the Energy & Utilities Sector in Africa

Electricity generation, transmission and distribution in Africa is provided primarily through state owned companies such as Tanesco in Tanzania and KenGen in Kenya. These predominantly government owned companies are responsible for 95% of the continent's electricity supply. Petroleum, hydropower and coal are the major source of commercial energy in the Africa. The biomass energy resource, which comprises fuel-wood and charcoal from both natural forest and plantations, accounts for 90 per cent of total energy consumption.

Research has shown that Africa has availability of enormous energy resources which far exceed energy requirements of the regions, most of these resources are grossly underutilized, particularly natural gas and hydro resources. Africa's problem is not lack of energy resources but its development and utilization. The continent faces a unique set of initial conditions, defined mainly by its level and pattern of economic growth, social and demographic characteristics, energy resource endowment, location distances between supply sources and consumption areas, technological underdevelopment, and poverty-driven energy-environment conflict.

Capital | Africa actively assists clients in the energy and utilities industry sector particularly those focused in renewable energy such as wind and solar power.

 

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