How to Build $3tn W’African Energy Market

West Africa is no longer in a phase of energy potential. We are in a phase of energy system construction. For decades, the conversation about West Africa’s energy future has centred on what the region possesses: oil and gas reserves, significant renewable energy potential, growing electricity demand, a young and rapidly urbanising population, and strategic access to international markets. But resources alone do not create prosperity. The question before us now is whether West Africa can build the market architecture capable of converting those resources into sustained economic value, deeper regional trade, greater investment and, most import…