The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Africa Energy Outlook – a Special Report in the 2014 World Energy Outlook series – offers a most comprehensive analytical study of energy in Africa, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa, the epicentre of the global challenge to overcome energy poverty. More than 620 million people live without access to electricity and nearly 730 million people use hazardous, inefficient forms of cooking, a reliance which affects women and children disproportionately. Meanwhile, those who do have access to modern energy face very high prices for a supply that is both insufficient and unreliable. Overall, the energy sector of sub-Saharan Africa is not yet able to meet the needs and aspirations of its citizens.
1. Energy in Africa Today
Context
Access to modern energy
Overview of energy demand
Overview of energy ressources and supply
Energy trade
Energy affordability
2. Outlook for African energy to 2040
Projecting future developments
Overview of energy demand trends
Outlook for the power sector
Outlook for other energy-consuming sectors
Outlook for energy supply
International energy trade
Energy and the environment
3. African energy issues in focus
Five features of Africa’s energy outllook
4. Building a path to posperity
Towards a better-functionning sub-Saharan energy sector
Three keys to Africa’s energy future
An African Century Case
Africa’s energy choices in a global context
