The renewable energy transition in Africa
A renewables-based energy transition promises to deliver vast socio-economic benefits to countries across Africa, improving energy access, creating jobs and boosting energy security. To realise these benefits, African countries have an opportunity to leapfrog fossil fuel technologies to a more sustainable, climate-friendly power strategy aligned with the Paris Agreement and low-carbon growth. The Renewable Energy Transition in Africa, jointly prepared by Germany's KfW Development Bank, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), explores how African countries can achieve universal energy access within the 2030 Agenda timeframe and identifies four areas of action: Promote access to energy; De-risk and promoting private sector investments; Strengthen and modernise the grid; Support systemic innovation. The study also explores the transformational potential of the electricity sector in five Africa countries: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Rwanda and South Africa.
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