Across 36 African countries, just 2 in 5 people have access to a reliable supply of energy throughout the day, according to a new study by research network Afrobarometer.
Marred
by insufficient capacity, poor reliability and high costs, the energy
infrastructure in Africa is still problematic, with 25 nations in
sub-Saharan Africa facing "a crisis," according to The World Bank.
In some countries - Burundi, Chad, Liberia, Malawi and South Sudan - less than 10 percent of people have access to electricity at all.
Overall,
625 million people are without power in sub-Saharan Africa alone --
that's 68 percent of the population, according to the International Energy Agency.