Context matters and electrification models should reflect it
On 18.10.2022 by Churchill Omondi Agutu, Florian Manuel EgliThis blogpost discusses a key shortcoming in electrification models used by policymakers and international organizations to chart electricity access pathways in sub-Saharan Africa – unrealistic financing cost assumptions. We highlight why this often overlooked flaw in electrification models could slacken efforts to reach universal electricity access by 2030 and highlight why it matters.