NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

By Steve Hanley

Nigeria, with a population of 200 million, has 12,500 MW of installed electricity generating capacity, much of which sits idle most of the time. As a result, much of the country relies on gasoline or diesel generators for their electricity. Many communities outside the country’s largest cities are not connected to the energy grid at all.

Photo courtesy of World Bank Photo Collection.