Publication date: July 2021
Author: Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Description: Despite progress, the energy access challenge is expected to persist. While the OGS industry has successfully scaled up activities in some market segments, providing Tier 1 modern electricity services commercially to millions of households globally, there are large segments below the “commercial frontier”.
In Sub Saharan Africa (SSA), approximately 120 million households lack access to adequate electricity today. Estimates based on electrification rates and population growth indicate that 60 million households will continue to lack access by 2030, jeopardizing the achievement of SDG 7 – universal sustainable electricity access.
