Declan Conway, London School of Economics and Political Science
Many countries in eastern and southern Africa rely on hydropower for electricity generation and there are plans for several more dams.
A man fixes electric wires in the Lagos Island district. Nigeria has serious power challenges made worse by the way the sector is regulated.
Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye
The centralised regulation of electric power in Nigeria is stalling progress in the sector. To achieve stable power supply, the country must obey its constitution and decentralise regulation.
Rwanda has ambitious plans to improve its electricity output in the next few years.
James Akena/Reuters
Rwanda has adopted a number of plans to improve its electricity output. There are valuable lessons other African countries can learn from it.
In Nigeria 96% of households are connected to the grid, but only 18% of these connections function more than about half the time.
Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters
Africa still has numerous electricity challenges to overcome, but several countries are getting it right when it comes to providing electricity to their people.
Deputy Director of the Afrobarometer & Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and MSU’s African Studies Center, Michigan State University