Africa's infrastructure lag is best illustrated by statistics. The continent has the lowest electricity consumption per capita, at around 370 kWh a year, according to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA). By comparison, in Europe the average consumption is over 17 times higher (6,500 kWh) and in the United States, almost 30 times higher (11,000 kWh). Nearly 600mn Africans have no access to electricity at all. The same applies to other types of infrastructure. According to the latest edition of the Global Competitiveness Index by the World Economic Forum (2019), just four out of 54 countries in Africa are above the world average level in terms of overall infrastructure quality – namely Egypt, Morocco, Mauritius and South Africa. Of the ten countries at the bottom of the Competitiveness Index, seven are African.

01 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

02 REGIONAL OVERVIEW

03 EGYPT

04 SOUTH AFRICA 

05 NIGERIA 

06 KENYA