U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on the Future of the U.S.–Africa Energy Partnership

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright argues that energy access is central to U.S.–Africa cooperation, saying “energy is life” and that modern living standards depend on growing energy consumption. He highlights that about 600 million Africans lack electricity access and roughly a billion lack clean cooking fuels, calling the latter a “gamechanger” that is more easily solvable than the electricity problem.

Wright advocates for closer commercial ties, saying “we need to get more and closer commercial ties” and to “bring some common sense and some commerce and some business” to the energy space.

Sources: CSIS (YouTube)