Electricity generation in Middle Africa
Compare 2024 electricity production, renewable shares and low-carbon generation across Middle Africa, with country-level grid and market references.
Electricity production by country in Middle Africa
8 of 10 listed countries and territories report annual generation. Their available-country subtotal is 49.3 TWh in 2024. This is a sum of available observations, not an official or complete continent/region total. Country shares are shown separately; they are not averaged into a regional percentage.
Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.
| Country / territory | Generation (TWh) | Renewable (%) | Low-carbon (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo electricity production | 15.9 | 100 | 100 |
| Angola electricity production | 15.6 | 73.7 | 73.7 |
| Cameroon electricity production | 7.3 | 73.1 | 73.1 |
| Congo electricity production | 5.5 | 20.9 | 20.9 |
| Gabon electricity production | 2.6 | 35.4 | 35.4 |
| Equatorial Guinea electricity production | 1.5 | 26.9 | 26.9 |
| South Sudan electricity production | 0.56 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Chad electricity production | 0.37 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
Coverage, geography and assumptions
This subregion 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.
2 missing annual generation observations
- Central African Republic: atlas coverage and references
- São Tomé and Príncipe: 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 Middle 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.
| Country / territory | Listed grid organisations | Markets / power pools | Recorded structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola grid operators and electricity market | Rede Nacional de Transporte — SAPP listing | Southern African Power Pool | Single buyer |
| Cameroon grid operators and electricity market | SONATREL | No exchange / pool link listed | Single buyer |
| Central African Republic grid operators and electricity market | Énergie Centrafricaine | No exchange / pool link listed | Vertically integrated utility |
| Chad grid operators and electricity market | Société Nationale d’Électricité — project unit | No exchange / pool link listed | Vertically integrated utility |
| Congo grid operators and electricity market | Énergie Électrique du Congo | No exchange / pool link listed | Vertically integrated utility |
| DR Congo grid operators and electricity market | SNEL | Southern African Power Pool; Eastern Africa Power Pool | Vertically integrated utility |
| Equatorial Guinea grid operators and electricity market | SEGESA — government reference | No exchange / pool link listed | Vertically integrated utility |
| Gabon grid operators and electricity market | Société d’Énergie et d’Eau du Gabon | No exchange / pool link listed | Vertically integrated utility |
| São Tomé and Príncipe grid operators and electricity market | Empresa de Água e Electricidade | No exchange / pool link listed | Vertically integrated utility |
| South Sudan grid operators and electricity market | South Sudan Electricity Corporation — EAPP listing | Eastern Africa Power Pool | Island system |
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.
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