COP27: Inside Africa's increasingly clean energy record

Green energy

The Forum Report shows that clean energy provision is improving.

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What you need to know:

  • The report finds that 22 African countries use renewables as their main electricity source, with eight generating over 90 per cent of their power from renewable sources. 
  • Six African countries – Egypt, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, and South Africa – launched the African Green Hydrogen Alliance in May 2022, to promote the production of hydrogen using clean energy.