Cameroon: Private Sector Viable for Accessible Electricity

A plethora of problems rocking the sector of electricity seem to have their solutions embedded just within, according to stakeholders at an on-going international forum due to run from November 6-10 in Douala.

More capital investment has rather been pumped into rural electrification for lighting than it should for industrial uses which have enormous positive effects on economic development. As a matter of fact, unclear policies, financial and material insufficiency are to blame. This view by Jean David Bile, General Manager of AES Sonel, was supported by the fact that Cameroon produces only 1400 megawatts of electricity, covering on average 28 per cent of the territory, with as much as 80 per cent of power users concentrated in Yaounde and Douala, while more than 95 per cent of aluminium cables used are imported from countries like Ivory Coast and France. Within this backdrop, Jean-Pierre Kedi, General Manager ARSEL, speaking at the forum, proposed the electrification of all 336 subdivisions.

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