President Paul Kagame hosted the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa (NEISA) at the Kigali Convention Centre from May 18 to 22
Africa must build nuclear energy capacity in order to power industrialisation. This is no longer a choice but a necessity. This message was clear at the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit For Africa, hosted by Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Kigali from 18 to 22 May.
Themed “Powering Africa’s Future: Turning Nuclear Energy Ambition Into Investable Reality”, the summit couldn’t have come at a better time. As Africa pushes for industrialisation to grow its economies and create jobs for its youth, its energy mix must include nuclear to guarantee power supply in urban and rural areas and ensure nobody is left behind.
The question that arises is who will fund Africa’s nuclear energy ambitions. The answer is simple: Africans must decide their own destiny.
Investment in nuclear energy will power us into a better, more stable growth trajectory because other energy sources, such as hydro, suffer from global warming, with rivers such as the Zambezi running dry and affecting particularly Zambia and Zimbabwe, who share the Kariba Dam.
