Africa's Power Infrastructure: Investment, Integration, Efficiency

By A. Eberhard, Orvika Rosnes, Maria Shkaratan, H. Vennemo. 2011

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This study is a product of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed to expand the world's knowledge of physical infrastructure in Africa. The AICD provides a baseline against which future improvements in infrastructure services can be measured, making it possible to monitor the results achieved from donor support. It also offers a more solid empirical foundation for prioritizing investments and designing policy reforms in the infrastructure sectors in Africa. The book draws upon a number of background papers that were prepared by World Bank staff and consultants, under the auspices of the AICD. The main findings were synthesized in a flagship report titled Africa's infrastructure: A time for transformation, published in November 2009. Meant for policy makers, that report necessarily focused on the high-level conclusions. It attracted widespread media coverage feeding directly into discussions at the 2009 African union commission heads of state summit on infrastructure.

Subfields: Development, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management

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Sustainable energy in Africa: A comprehensive data and policies review (2014, background): “The World Bank shows more interest for analyses of current situation and possible developments of power infrastructure [64–67] and potentials for local exploitation of bio- and fossil-fuels in Africa [68,69].”
Does Infrastructure Really Explain Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa? (2016, background): “…suppressed emand, provide additional capacity and support projected ecoomic growth, installed electricity production capacity would ave to grow more than 7 GW per year, requiring annual fundng of USD 41 billion over 5 years, with USD 14 billion for perations and maintenance (Eberhard et al., 2011).”
Financial viability of electricity sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa : quasi-fiscal deficits and hidden costs (2016, methodology): “With a population of almost one billion people, installed capacity in all 48 countries in SSA in 2014 was 94 gigawatts (GW), up from 68 GW in 2005 (Eberhard et al 2011).”
Power outages and firm performance in Sub-Saharan Africa (2018, background): “The overall cost of such disruption across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is estimated to be as much as 2.1% of GDP with total sales of African firms estimated to be 4.9% lower than they would be if electricity supplies were dependable (Eberhard et al. 2011 and IEA 2014).”
Determinants of renewable energy growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from panel ARDL (2018, background): “Eberhard et al. (2011) noted that installed capacity will need to grow by more than 10 percent annually just to meet Africa’s suppressed demand, keep pace with projected economic growth, and provide additional capacity to support efforts to expand electrification.”
Energy Access Scenarios to 2030 for the Power Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (2012, unknown): “Still, there is a relatively small existing literature on scenarios for the power sector in To get a sense of the scale, Eberhard et al. (2011) note that, " Installed capacity [in Africa] will need to grow by more than 10 percent annually just to meet Africa's suppressed demand 25 , keep pace with…”
Provision of electricity to African households: The importance of democracy and institutional quality (2015, background): “There is a large literature that addresses the multitude of reasons – historical, financial, political, social and technical – behind the energy situation in various African countries (e.g., Eberhard et al., 2011; Khennas, 2012; Sokona et al., 2012).”
Off-grid solar PV: Is it an affordable or appropriate solution for rural electrification in Sub-Saharan African countries? (2014, background): “This is a very high cost per unit of electricity generated compared to the conventional grid system tariff rates in Africa of between US$0.08 and US$0.16 per kWh (Eberhard et al. 2011).”
Powering Africa: Meeting the financing and reform challenges (2012, background): “As a result of reforms, hidden costs in Kenya’s power sector fell to 0.4 percent of GDP by 2006 and to almost 0 by 2008, among the lowest totals of any African country (Eberhard et al., 2011, p. 138).”
Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: Uptake, Reliability, and Complementary Factors for Economic Impact (2019, background): “The most salient issues in the electricity sector include large investment gaps, inefficient size of countries’ power systems, insufficient technical capacity, and poor utility performance (Eberhard et al. 2011).”