More power from FOCAC and beyond By SONG JING and BENSON IRERI | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-09-06 07:30

More power from FOCAC and beyond By SONG JING and BENSON IRERI | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-09-06 07:30 Enhancing China-Africa collaboration can prove crucial to closing sub-Saharan Africa's energy access gap The world is well off-track to meeting its shared goal of providing affordable, reliable and sustainable energy to all people by 2030.Indeed, the number of people without electricity access increased in 2022 for the first time in a decade, rising from 675 million in 2021 to 685 million. Eighty percent of people without access to electricity — and 18 of the 20 countries with the biggest energy access deficits — are in sub-Saharan Africa. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202409/06/WS66da3f2ca3103711928a65bb.html