African countries

capacity compared with

Eskom outage record
COUNTRY

MEGAWATT (2012)

South Africa

44 559

Egypt

29 452

Algeria

12 981

Libya

7 121

Morocco

6 763

Nigeria

6 090

Tunisia

4 203

Sudan & South Sudan

3 038

Congo (Kinshasa)

2 506

Ethiopia

2 470

Mozambique

2 436

Ghana

2 203

Zimbabwe

2 038

Zambia

1 888

Kenya

1 851

Angola

1 530

Ivory Coast

1 522

Cameroon

1 009

Mauritius

902

Tanzania

845

Uganda

799

Reunion

681

Senegal

623

Madagascar

544

Namibia

508

Gabon

415

Guinea

398

Mali

304

Malawi

302

Mauritania

293

Burkina Faso

238

Congo (Brazzaville)

238

Benin

171

Equatorial Guinea

164

Swaziland

149

Eritrea

141

Niger

134

Botswana

132

Djibouti

131

Cape Verde

109

Rwanda

99

Seychelles

89

Togo

83

Sierra Leone

81

Lesotho

80

Somalia

80

The Gambia

62

Western Sahara

58

Burundi

55

CAR

44

Chad

31

Guinea-Bissau

26

Liberia

23

Comoros

22

Sao Tome & Principe

16

Saint Helena

Source: US energy information administration

New all-time
outage record
of 10 515MW
in unplanned
outages (Jan 26)

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