Ghanaian minister urges critical investments to end Africa's energy poverty

ACCRA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- John Abdulai Jinapor, Ghana's minister of energy and green transition, on Tuesday called for purposeful investments in energy across Africa to end the continent's energy poverty.

Jinapor said at the two-day Future of Energy Conference 2025 that with more than 600 million Africans still without electricity and over a billion relying on biomass for cooking, there is a pressing need for urgent energy investments in Africa.