African governments aim to deliver reliable, safe, and affordable access to energy for all of the continent’s people as it drives economic growth, productivity, and industrialisation. Yet, reality shows otherwise. With an estimated population of 1.15 billion people in Africa, in 2020 more than 600 million people were living without access to electricity. Globally, 733 million people of the world’s eight billion people lacked access to electricity in 2020. While 733 million is an alarming figure, the African continent significantly remains the region with the lowest rates of energy access in the world, highlighting the severe energy deficit with which…
Busisipho Siyobi
Busisipho Siyobi
Busisipho Siyobi is the Programme Head of the Natural Resource Governance Programme at GGA. Prior to joining GGA, she headed up the Corporate Intelligence Monitor desk at S-RM Intelligence and Risk Consulting. Busisipho holds an MPhil in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Cape Town with a research focus on CSR within the South African mining industry. During her Masters, she worked as a research scholar at the South African Institute of International Affairs.
