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Cameroon plans on electrification rate of 50% by 2022, according to MD of Electricity Development Corporation

Cameroon plans on electrification rate of 50% by 2022, according to MD of Electricity Development Corporation
  • Comments   -   Friday, 18 November 2016 02:33

“(Business in Cameroon) - Today, we have an electrification rate of about 40%. This is too low when compared to other Northern African countries such as Tunisia, where the rural electrification rate is over 90%. We believe that we will reach the milestone of 50% by 2022”, confided Théodore Nsangou to Le Monde Afrique.

To reach this electrification rate by the given date, the MD of Electricity Development Corporation (EDC), the public company in the electricity sector in Cameroon, is mainly counting on the commissioning of the Natchigal dam scheduled for 2021. This energy infrastructure will add some 400 MW to the energy offer in the country.

The projections of Théodore Nsangou also lie on the Memve’élé dam, under construction in the Southern region of Cameroon. This dam built by Sinohydro will help, starting from June 2017, to bring an additional 200 MW to the Southern interconnected grid.

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