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# [AFRICA] Solar: +54% installations in one year, Africa becomes the world's most dynamic market
- URL: https://businessoi.media/en/afrique-solaire-54-dinstallations-en-un-an-lafrique-devient-le-marche-le-plus-dynamique-au-monde-en/
- Published: 2026-08-26T02:47:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-26T02:47:56.000Z
- Description: 4.5 GW installed in 2025 (+54%), growth 2.3x faster than the global average: Africa has become the world's most dynamic solar market.
- Author: Emmanuel TAOCHY
- Tags: Afrique, Économie, Tech, Investissement, Revue matinale, #en

In 2025, the African continent installed 4.5 gigawatts of new solar capacity — a 54% increase in one year, far outpacing global growth of 23%. Africa has established itself as the global epicentre of the solar transition.

## 4.5 GW in one year: a continental record

The continent's total solar capacity now stands at **23.4 gigawatts** operational at end-2025, on a projected path toward **31.5 GW by 2029**. Leading the way, South Africa installed **1.6 GW** in 2025 alone, ahead of Nigeria (803 MW), Egypt (500 MW), Algeria (400 MW) and Morocco (204 MW). These five countries account for the vast majority of new capacity.

Africa's **54% growth** compared to the global **23%** illustrates a structural phenomenon: while developed nations add solar as a substitute for existing sources, Africa is building electricity capacity where none existed before, meeting long-unserved demand.

## China's ambivalent role

The deployment relies heavily on panels manufactured in China, whose prices have fallen by more than 80% over ten years. Chinese firms play simultaneous roles as suppliers, investors and builders across the continent. This supply chain concentration remains a vulnerability that African energy strategists are beginning to address in their industrial roadmaps.

## Why it matters

For the Indian Ocean, Africa's solar boom creates a double opportunity: the region's islands — Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros — can draw on continental experience to accelerate their own energy transitions, while local solar installation and maintenance firms have a rapidly expanding continental market at their doorstep. Solar is no longer an alternative: it is becoming the foundation of African electrification.

*Source: Africa News Agency / RTS / Ilboursa — 2026*