CNBC Africa
By Rachel Kyte
CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All
Africa Rising is Africa’s clarion call for economic development across the continent and the rest of the world. With the economic case for expanding access to clean, reliable affordable electricity never stronger, 2018 is a year where we should see breakthroughs.
Sustainable Energy for All is working with partners across Africa to strengthen data and evidence to support government policymakers to shift towards more integrated energy plans that promote electricity access and exploit the remarkable plunge in renewable energy prices. We have also tracked the amount of finance flowing to close energy access gaps – hint, not enough is landing in African countries with the largest gaps in a form or a price that is useful. African governments are not investing enough in their own energy future, either.
