US Power Africa Sees Grid Key to Fix Continent’s Energy Security

Africa can significantly increase energy security by strengthening regional transmission grids to enable electricity trading, according to the head of a US government-led partnership focused on the continent.

Nations from Senegal to South Africa have pointed to the need for solutions to end energy poverty, with 600 million people in the region lacking access to electricity. Strengthening and expanding power lines is a key focus to increasing those connections, Richard Nelson, coordinator of Power Africa, said in an interview in Cape Town.