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Eritrea’s Electric Power Challenges

July 21, 2014August 29, 2023TesfaNews26 Comments

Eritrea’s challenges to energy security is related to its low national income, challenging physical terrain, and post-war infrastructural destruction. Despite all that, 35% of the Eritrean population has access to electricity. By comparison, figures across the East African region show Ethiopia at 23%, Kenya at 18%, Uganda at 8.5%, and Sudan at 36%. BY BERHANE […]

Electricity, Renewable Sources and Development: A Glance at Eritrea

August 23, 2013July 31, 2020TesfaNews10 Comments

By Fikrejesus Amahazion, Across the developing world and particularly within sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), energy deficiencies constitute immense challenges to development. The African Development Bank Group notes that, “…the entire installed generation capacity of Africa’s 48 Sub-Saharan countries is just 68 gigawatts, no more than Spain’s…,” and that, “…as much as one quarter of that capacity is […]