Africa needs $31 billion per yr for energy:World Bank

ROME - The investment gap in Sub-Saharan Africa's electricity sector amounts to $31 billion a year, a senior World Bank official said on Monday, urging G8 energy ministers meeting in Rome not to forget the world's poor.

Of the 1.6 billion people who don't have access to electricity around the world, 550 million people live in Africa, Jamal Saghir, director for energy, transport and water at the World Bank told Reuters in an interview.
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