Publication date: December 2024
Author: Energy 4 Impact, Mercy Corps
Description: As populations grow in the world’s cities, Africa and Asia are poised to gain a majority of the projected 70% population increase by 2050, triple the number from 20151 . Uganda’s urban population is projected to hit 53 million by 2060, surpassing the projected 51 million rural population. Without effective urban planning, this growth will lead to the formation of new informal settlements and increased populations in the existing ones due to limited access to affordable and reliable public services such as energy. This necessitates promoting initiatives that improve affordability of such services, enabling urban communities facing economic hardship to reap the economic and health benefits of clean energy solutions.
