On September 21, the Department of Commerce and Bloomberg Philanthropies are hosting the second U.S.-Africa Business Forum. Building on the forum in 2014, this year's meeting again hosts heads of state, U.S. CEOs, and African business leaders, but aims to go beyond past commitments and towards effective implementation. This year's forum will focus on six sectors important to African economies and which offer opportunities for investors, namely finance and capital investment, infrastructure, power and energy, agriculture, consumer goods, and information communication technology. The below piece reviews the theme of power and energy as an opportunity for investment on the African continent.
Solar energy is a very good and important investment in sub-Saharan Africa.
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