Africa needs nuclear energy – Rosatom

Sub-Saharan Africa has a real need for, and rapidly growing interest in, nuclear power. This was affirmed by Rosatom International Network Regional VP: Sub-Saharan Africa Viktor Polikarpov at the Nuclear Africa 2017 conference on Wednesday. Rusatom International Network is part of Russia's Rosatom nuclear group. "Africa's major hurdle to success is its ongoing energy crisis," he highlighted. "Twenty-five of 54 nations have been declared to be in an energy crisis by the World Bank. Over  620-million people have no access to a reliable source of electricity in sub-Saharan Africa."