Large investments, EU interest/competitiveness, Supply chain interest, Strategic corridors
Enabling environment: Reinforcing social, environment, gender, education and capacity building aspects
Fragile and Conflict-affected Countries, Least Developed Countries
Renewable energy, energy access, energy efficiency.
The solar potential is measured by the long-term yearly average of global horizontal irradiation.
W/m2
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/pvgis
Huld, T., Müller, R., & Gambardella, A. (2012). A new solar radiation database for estimating PV performance in Europe and Africa. Solar Energy, 86, 1803–1815.
Mean wind power density at 10 m height. Higher wind power densities indicate better wind resources.
W/m2
DTU, WorldBank
Davis, N. N., Badger, J., Hahmann, A. N., Hansen, B. O., Mortensen, N. G., Kelly, M., Lars´en, X. G., Olsen, B. T., Floors, R., Lizcano, G., Casso, Pau, Lacave, O., Bosch, A., Bauwens, I., James Knight, O., Potter van Loon, A., Fox, R., Parvanyan, T., Hansen, S. B. K., Heathfield, D., Onninen, M., & Drummond, R. (2023). The Global Wind Atlas: A high-resolution dataset of climatologies and associated web-based application. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104(8), E1507–E1525. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0075.1
Annual hydropower potential. It corresponds to the modelled hydropower potential of each location, based on slope and discharge of each river.
GWh/year
TU-Delft
Hoes, O. A. C., Meijer, L. J. J., Van Der Ent, R. J., & Van De Giesen, N. C. (2017). Systematic high-resolution assessment of global hydropower potential. PLoS One, 12, Article e0171844. https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0171844
Total Enhanced Geothermal Systems technical potential with 20% recovery.
MWe/km²
IRENA
https://irena-ga.azurewebsites.net/geoserver/ows/
Total biomass production expresses the total amount of dry matter produced over the year.
Kg/ha
FAO
https://gismgr.fao.org/DATA/WAPOR-3/MAPSET/index.html?prefix=DATA/WAPOR-3/MAPSET/L1-TBP-A
Distance from existing or planned electric grid lines (LV; MV; HV).
km
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
Moner-Girona, M., Kakoulaki, G., Weiss, D. J., Falchetta, G., Taylor, N., Falchetta, G., Weiss, D. J., & Taylor, N. (2021). Achieving universal electrification of rural healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa with decentralized renewable energy technologies. Joule, 5, 2687–2714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2021.09.010
Average time from selected area to nearest city of more than 50000 people using land (road/off road) or water (navigable river, lake and ocean).
Hours
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
Accessibility | Africa Knowledge Platform
Nelson, A. (2008). Travel time to major cities: A global map of accessibility [WWW Document]. Ispra Italy: Glob. Environ. Monit. Unit - Jt. Res. Cent. Eur. Comm. Weiss, D. J., Nelson, A., Gibson, H. S., Temperley, W., Peedell, S., Lieber, A., Hancher, M., Poyart, E., Belchior, S., Fullman, N., Mappin, B., Dalrymple, U., Rozier, J., Lucas, T. C. D., Howes, R. E., Tusting, L. S., Kang, S. Y., Cameron, E., Bisanzio, D., … Gething, P. W. (2018). A global map of travel time to cities to assess inequalities in accessibility in 2015. Nature, 553, 333–336. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25181
Levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) of PV stand-alone system (PV/battery).
EUR/kWh
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
S. Szabo, K. Bódis, T. Huld, and M. Moner-Girona, “Energy solutions in rural Africa: mapping electrification costs of distributed solar and diesel generation versus grid extension,” Environ. Res. Lett., vol. 6, no. 3, p. 034002, 2011. Szabó, S., Pinedo Pascua, I., Puig, D. et al. Mapping of affordability levels for photovoltaic-based electricity generation in the solar belt of sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and South Asia. Sci Rep 11, 3226 (2021).
Spatial variance of the electricity costs per kWh delivered by an off-grid diesel generator.
USD cents/kWh
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
S. Szabo, K. Bódis, T. Huld, and M. Moner-Girona, “Energy solutions in rural Africa: mapping electrification costs of distributed solar and diesel generation versus grid extension,” Environ. Res. Lett., vol. 6, no. 3, p. 034002, 2011. Szabó, S., Pinedo Pascua, I., Puig, D. et al. Mapping of affordability levels for photovoltaic-based electricity generation in the solar belt of sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and South Asia. Sci Rep 11, 3226 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82638-x
Proportion of surface in the planning unit covered by built-up non-residential surface. Used for prioritizing areas with higher presence of industrial activity, data centres, mining activity.
MWp
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
Global Human Settlement - GHS-BUILT-C_GLOBE_R2023A)
Pesaresi M., P. Panagiotis (2023): GHS-BUILT-C R2023A - GHS Settlement Characteristics, derived from Sentinel2 composite (2018) and other GHS R2023A data.European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/3c60ddf6-0586-4190-854b-f6aa0edc2a30, doi:10.2905/3C60DDF6-0586-4190-854B-F6AA0EDC2A30
Area equipped for irrigation, groundwater irrigation, livestock density. Proportion of surface in the planning unit covered by irrigated areas. Proportion of surface in the planning unit covered by groundwater irrigation. Portion of areas of livestock density.
percentage
FAO, EC-JRC
AQUASTAT - FAO Global Information System on Water and Agriculture
Siebert, Stefan & Henrich, Verena & Frenken, Karen & Burke, Jacob. (2013). Update of the digital global map of irrigation areas to version 5.. 10.13140/2.1.2660.6728. Robinson TP, Wint GRW, Conchedda G, Van Boeckel TP, Ercoli V, Palamara E, et al. (2014) Mapping the Global Distribution of Livestock. PLoS ONE 9(5): e96084. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096084
Geolocation and electricity demand of healthcare and education facilities without electricity
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
JRC Data Catalogue | Healthcare facilities
Moner-Girona, M., Kakoulaki, G., Weiss, D. J., Falchetta, G., Taylor, N., Falchetta, G., Weiss, D. J., & Taylor, N. (2021). Achieving universal electrification of rural healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa with decentralized renewable energy technologies. Joule, 5, 2687–2714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2021.09.010 Moner-Girona, M., Fahl, F., Kakoulaki, G., Kim, D.-H., Maduako, I., Szab´o, S., Nhamo, G., Sovacool, B. K., & Weiss, D. J. (2025). Empowering quality education through sustainable and equitable electricity access in African schools. Joule, 9(2), Article 101804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.12.005
Geolocation and electricity demand of healthcare and education facilities with electricity
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
JRC Data Catalogue | Healthcare facilities
Moner-Girona, M., Kakoulaki, G., Weiss, D. J., Falchetta, G., Taylor, N., Falchetta, G., Weiss, D. J., & Taylor, N. (2021). Achieving universal electrification of rural healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa with decentralized renewable energy technologies. Joule, 5, 2687–2714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2021.09.010 Moner-Girona, M., Fahl, F., Kakoulaki, G., Kim, D.-H., Maduako, I., Szab´o, S., Nhamo, G., Sovacool, B. K., & Weiss, D. J. (2025). Empowering quality education through sustainable and equitable electricity access in African schools. Joule, 9(2), Article 101804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.12.005
Annual electricity demand per cluster of population.
MWh/year
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
Husein, M., Moner-Girona, M., Falchetta, G., Stevanato, N., Fahl, F., & Szab´o, S. (2024). The impacts of incentive policies on improving private investment for rural electrification in Nigeria – A geospatial study. Heliyon, 10, Article e27440. https:// doi.org/10.1016/J.HELIYON.2024.E27440 Falchetta, G., Stevanato, N., Moner-Girona, M., Mazzoni, D., Colombo, E., & Hafner, M. (2021). The M-LED platform: Advancing electricity demand assessment for communities living in energy poverty. Environmental Research Letters, 16. https://doi. org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac0cab
Child growth failure - Severe Wasting.
percentage
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/lbd/education
Kinyoki, D. K., Osgood-Zimmerman, A. E., Pickering, B. V., Schaeffer, L. E., Marczak, L. B., Lazzar-Atwood, A., … Hay, S. I. (2020). Mapping child growth failure across low- and middle-income countries. Nature, 577(7789), 231–234. https://doi. org/10.1038/s41586-019-1878-8
Proportion of men/women with less than primary education.
percentage
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/lbd/education
Graetz, N., Woyczynski, L., Wilson, K. F., Hall, J. B., Abate, K. H., Abd-Allah, F., Adebayo, O. M., Adekanmbi, V., Afshari, M., Ajumobi, O., Akinyemiju, T., Alahdab, F., Al-Aly, Z., Rabanal, J. E. A., Alijanzadeh, M., Alipour, V., Altirkawi, K., Amiresmaili, M., Anber, N. H., … Hay, S. I. (2020). Mapping disparities in education across low- and middle-income countries. Nature, 577, 235–238. https://doi.org/ 10.1038/S41586-019-1872-1
Number of political violence and protest events.
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
Raleigh, C., Kishi, R. & Linke, A. Political instability patterns are obscured by conflict dataset scope conditions, sources, and coding choices. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 10, 74 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01559-4
Geolocation of existing cell towers
Unwired Labs
Open Database of Cell Towers (OpenCellid)
Relative Wealth Index: predicts the relative standard of living within countries using de-identified connectivity data, satellite imagery and other non-traditional data sources.
0-1
CEGA, DIDL
http://www.povertymaps.net/#3.76/-12.98/35.1/-15.2/60
Chi, G., Fang, H., Chatterjee, S., & Blumenstock, J. E. (2022). Microestimates of wealth for all low- and middle-income countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119, Article e2113658119. https://doi.org/ 10.1073/pnas.2113658119
Presence or absence of a development corridor
binary: 0 for absence, 1 for presence
UNEP-WCMC
Thorn, Jessica P.R.; Mwangi, Ben; Juffe Bignoli, Diego (2022), The African development corridors database 2022, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9kd51c5hw
Surface covered by Protected and Conserved Areas.
km2
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ghg80#p2
Crippa, M., Guizzardi, D., Solazzo, E., Muntean, M., Schaaf, E., Monforti-Ferrario, F., Banja, M., Olivier, J. G. J., Grassi, G., Rossi, S., & Vignati, E. (2023). GHG emissions of all world. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/ 10.2760/953322
Annual gridmap for greenhouse gas emissions.
GHG/year
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ghg80#p2
Crippa, M., Guizzardi, D., Solazzo, E., Muntean, M., Schaaf, E., Monforti-Ferrario, F., Banja, M., Olivier, J. G. J., Grassi, G., Rossi, S., & Vignati, E. (2023). GHG emissions of all world. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/ 10.2760/953322
Annual gridmap for air pollutant emission data CO and PM2.5 - IPCC TOTALS - All sectors.
kg/m2/s
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ap61
Crippa, M., Guizzardi, D., Solazzo, E., Muntean, M., Schaaf, E., Monforti-Ferrario, F., Banja, M., Olivier, J. G. J., Grassi, G., Rossi, S., & Vignati, E. (2023). GHG emissions of all world. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/ 10.2760/953322
People with access to clean drinking water.
percentage
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Deshpande, A., Miller-Petrie, M. K., Lindstedt, P. A., Baumann, M. M., Johnson, K. B., Blacker, B. F., Abbastabar, H., Abd-Allah, F., Abdelalim, A., Abdollahpour, I., Abegaz, K. H., Abejie, A. N., Abreu, L. G., Abrigo, M. R. M., Abualhasan, A., Accrombessi, M. M. K., Adamu, A. A., Adebayo, O. M., Adedeji, I. A., … Reiner, R. C. (2020). Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17. The Lancet Global Health, 8, e1162–e1185. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30278-3/ ATTACHMENT/9F3BA169-DA20-4A6E-ABF0-C4BB9522F942/MMC1.PDF