How tech solutions could save Africa’s energy and natural resources sectors

Right now, the energy industry in sub-Saharan Africa is at a crossroads. Faced with booming demand from a growing industrial sector, urbanisation and an impatient consumer base, the region’s energy utilities must deal with a unique set of challenges that can ultimately drive away both local and foreign investment and affect entire economies if they are not overcome.

We’re all too familiar with some of these challenges: ageing infrastructure that breaks down at inconvenient times; the need to optimise assets; the problem of meeting the demands of increasing urbanisation and business growth, while dealing with growing environmental considerations. Nobody said it was easy.

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