For the World Bank Africa’s infrastructure is the most deficient and costly in the entire developing world. Today only a quarter of Africa’s Sub-Saharan (SSA) population has access to electricity, as opposed to 50% in other developing regions such as South Asia. While power tariffs in most parts of the developing world vary between US$ 0.04 and US$ 0.08 per kilowatt-hour; the prices in SSA are up to three times higher – and this on a continent that is privileged to be endowed with an abundance of resources; from oil, gas, and coal to renewable resources such as hydro-power, solar and geothermal. SSA also has 30% of the global mineral reserves lying at its feet; waiting to be mined.