The ECA Region is comprised of the following 53 countries of different sizes, demographic characteristics, socio-economic development levels. Patterns of energy production and consumption are very diverse on the African continent. Africa is known to be lagging behind other major world’s regions in terms of level of industrialization, modern energy consumption, electrification rates and hence to contribute marginally to global trade and wealth creation, Africa has the lowest electrification rate in the world and it is anticipated that half of the population living in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will still be without access to electricity by 2030 if strong policy measures are not taken to reverse the current situation, as illustrated in figure 8.1 below.