Invisible Giant
Energy access across Africa is being counted one household at a time, not one power plant at a time.
Energy access across Africa is being counted one household at a time, not one power plant at a time.
The number of people with improved electricity from solar kits sold by GOGLA affiliates climbed from around 70 million in 2019 to 138 million in 2024, with 20 million joining in that final year alone. Across the wider sector, more than 560 million people now run homes, farms and small enterprises on off-grid solar. The unit is a kit on a rooftop, financed in daily instalments, not a grid extension that never arrives.
Distributed by design, the light reaches the last household first.
This is the infrastructure that powers the Global South.