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Sub-Saharan Africa has less than 50% access rated
- Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report was issued yesterday
- The world may still fall short of the universal access target by 2030
In a report titled ‘Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report‘ released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO); Sub-Saharan Africa has the least number of people with energy access in the world. The report shows that the country with the highest number of people without access to electricity are the Democratic Republic of Congo (19%), Ethiopia (48%), and Nigeria (55%). Global access to energy recorded a win with a decline from 1.2 billion in 2010 to 759 million in 2019.
According to the report, due to the impact of COVID19, current energy policies, as many as 660 million people would still lack access in 2030 majority of which will be in Sub-Saharan Africa.