An African region is sitting on $3 trillion in wealth, but one major problem stands in the way, says expert

West Africa has the potential to create an energy market worth $3 trillion by the year 2035, but it must first solve one major issue: its 16 countries are not working together.

Currently, these nations operate as separate markets, which prevents the region from reaching its full economic strength.

Expert Suleiman Yahyah, Chairman of Rosehill Group Limited Advisory Limited, explains that the region needs to move away from isolated national projects and instead build one single, connected system to unlock this massive wealth.

Moving from potential to a real market

The region is currently at a turning point where it is moving from simply having "potential" to becoming a functioning market for energy.