Electricity generation in Africa

Coverage, geography and assumptions

This broad geographic group follows the existing atlas country crosswalk, not a new statistical or electrical boundary. Each country’s full national observation is counted once within this group. Russia is assigned wholly to Europe and Türkiye to Asia; production is not split spatially. A parent group overlaps its subregions, so do not add those pages’ subtotals together.

Subtotals include reported zero values but exclude missing annual generation. They are calculated directly from source TWh, never inferred from installed MW, plant counts or capacity factors. The imported dataset excludes the provider’s regional aggregates; the World chart uses the provider’s separate World series, not a sum of these pages.

Electricity production is only one part of energy production: transport fuels, heat and primary energy are not included. Generation, consumption, electricity imports and installed capacity answer different questions.

8 missing annual generation observations

• British Indian Ocean Territory: atlas coverage and references
• Central African Republic: atlas coverage and references
• Comoros: atlas coverage and references
• Mayotte: atlas coverage and references
• Réunion: atlas coverage and references
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: atlas coverage and references
• São Tomé and Príncipe: atlas coverage and references
• Western Sahara: atlas coverage and references

Source snapshot: 24 April 2026; common observation year: 2024. This page derives navigation and a subtotal from the published snapshot, not live measurements or a refreshed dataset. Editorial and review scope.

Grid operators and electricity markets in Africa

A geographic region is not one synchronous grid or one electricity market. Find the national or regional organisations, their stated roles and service areas, and the sources behind each country’s listing. Missing exchange links are not evidence that trading is absent.

Operator references reviewed 2026-09-29. Recorded market structures are summaries, not current prices, licence registers or a claim of continent-wide uniformity. The linked country sections include source URLs and geographic limitations.

Worldwide grid-operator directory · How grids and electricity markets work

Explore Africa subregions

• Eastern Africa electricity generation
• Middle Africa electricity generation
• Northern Africa electricity generation
• Southern Africa electricity generation
• Western Africa electricity generation