Top 10 Power Plant Owners in Africa by Capacity (as of March 2022)

Egyptian Electricity Holding Co, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Sonelgaz Spa, General Electricity Company of Libya, and Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz are the top 5 power plant owners in Africa by active capacity (as of March 31, 2022). Cumulatively, the top 10 power plant owners in Africa had an active capacity of 156,757MW as of March 31, 2022. In active capacity, Egyptian Electricity had the most active capacity (53,019 MW) followed by Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (48,313MW), and Sonelgaz Spa (16,413MW), while the lowest capacity was registered by ZESCO Ltd (2,371MW). In terms of the geographical split, the top Power Plant Owners are based in Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Ethiopia, Angola, Zambia, and Mozambique. 3 out of 10 companies employed a total of 50,843 people in 2021. Egypt-based Egyptian Electricity Holding Co is the leading power plant owner in Africa (by capacity). The company reported a capacity of 53,019MW for the fiscal year ended December 2021. The company electric utility company and responsible for all power plants, transmission and distribution in the Arab Republic of Egypt and specializes in electricity, electricity production, electricity transmission, and electricity distribution. It is headquartered in El-Abaseya, Cairo, Egypt and has 15 subsidiaries across Egypt. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (Eskom) a state-owned power utility is one of the leading power plant owners in Africa (by capacity), it is a vertically integrated electric utility that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity. It also procures electricity and sells it in the countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The company provides services in Generation, Transmission, Distribution, and All Other Segments. Eskom is headquartered in Sandton, South Africa.