Gas - Intelpoint

About 600 million Africans still lack access to electricity.
Africa has 20% of the world's population but receives less than 3% of global energy investment.
South Africa added the most renewable capacity from 2016–2025, followed by Ethiopia, Egypt, Morocco and Tanzania.
Africa's renewable capacity is growing, but its share of global capacity remains small.

Fossil fuels still generate 2.5x more electricity than non-fossil sources, though the gap has narrowed from a 2007 peak of 4.5x.
South Africa and Egypt together account for all of Africa's nuclear power and 59% of its non-hydro renewables.
Hydropower, the largest non-fossil source at 188.6 TWh, tells a different geographic story, with 91% generated outside South Africa and Egypt, mainly in Eastern, Middle, and Western Africa.
Gas still leads at 403.9 TWh, but its growth slowed to 0.8% in 2025 versus 11.9% growth for non-fossil sources.

Non-fossil generation overtook coal in 2023, with the gap reaching 57.5 TWh in 2025.
Coal generation fell to 225.3 TWh, below its 262.6 TWh peak in 2007.
Hydropower dominates non-fossil generation, producing 188.6 TWh in 2025.
Fossil fuels still dominate, generating 703.2 TWh versus 282.8 TWh from non-fossil sources.

Africa’s share of global electricity generation rose only from 2.6% in 1985 to 3.1% in 2025.
Africa’s electricity generation increased 283% over the past 40 years.
Egypt overtook South Africa as Africa’s largest electricity producer in 2024.
Egypt generated 242.4 TWh in 2025, up from 30.3 TWh in 1985.
South Africa generated 231.1 TWh in 2025, down from its 263.5 TWh peak in 2007.
Egypt and South Africa accounted for 24.5% of Africa’s electricity generation in 2025.

Eswatini recorded Africa’s largest electricity access gain, rising by 66 percentage points from 2000 to 2023.
Kenya and Rwanda followed with gains of 61 pp and 58 pp, respectively.
East African countries accounted for 7 of Africa’s top 15 electricity access improvements.
Comoros, Ghana and Cape Verde reached very high access levels by 2023, at 90%, 90% and 99% respectively.
Nigeria’s electricity access improved by 18 percentage points, from 43% in 2000 to 61% in 2023.
Despite that improvement, Nigeria remained outside Africa’s top 15 gainers over the period.
Some countries were absent from the ranking because they had already reached high access levels by 2000.

Nigeria still had about 5.25 million unmetered electricity customers across DisCos.
The 11 DisCos reported in Q4 2025 had 5.20 million unmetered customers.
Nigeria’s reported metering rate stood at 57.3% as of Q4 2025.
Ibadan and Enugu had the largest gaps, with nearly two million unmetered customers combined.
Ibadan alone had 1.18 million unmetered customers, the highest of any DisCo.
Ikeja and Eko had the strongest metering performance, both at about 86%.
At the 2025 pace of meter additions, closing the current gap could take close to seven years.

Global oil consumption rose from about 30.9 million barrels per day in 1965 to 101.4 million barrels per day in 2024, more than tripling over the period.
Asia Pacific saw the biggest structural shift in global oil demand, increasing its share from 10.7% in 1965 to 37.9% in 2024 to become the world’s largest oil-consuming region.
Africa accounted for just 1.9% of global oil consumption in 1965 and 4.5% in 2024, staying below 5% for nearly 60 years.
The global centre of oil demand has gradually shifted away from Western economies toward Asia, reflecting industrialisation, urbanisation, and population growth across the region.
Africa’s modest share of global oil demand highlights the continent’s relatively low industrial energy consumption despite rapid population growth.

South Africa’s Koeberg has been Africa’s only commercial nuclear power station since 1984.
Africa produced just 7.8 TWh of nuclear power in 2024, far below France’s 380 TWh and the US’ 823 TWh.
Egypt’s El Dabaa plant could change Africa’s nuclear map, adding 4,800 MW when completed.
Africa’s nuclear challenge is no longer just generation, but whether countries can finance, regulate, build, and sustain nuclear programmes.

Domestic share rose steadily from 34% in 2021 to 45% in 2025, gaining eleven percentage points in five years.
Export share fell from 66% to 55%, losing ground every year without a single recovery.
2023 was the sharpest single-year shift; domestic share jumped seven points, from 36% to 43%.
The gap between export and domestic share has narrowed from 32 to just 10 points.