Abstract
Over the last decade, numerous ideas have insistently
emerged and triggered several social, economic and environmental
discuss emanating from energy insufficiencies in Africa. A lot around
energy poverty are currently argued particularly, on how chiefly
Africa’s industrialization is prime to its potential sustainability across
all facets of growth and development. Sadly, only few member
countries since post-colonialism have earnestly attempted innovative
approaches towards new alternative energy schemes. Nonetheless,
wasteful sums have drowned in projects of less critical nature. For
this reason; an innovative bird eye view (IBEV) portrayed how
member countries might augment rates of dispensable energy to
increase access to electricity. Hence, versatile industrialization via
renewable and greener alternative energy sources can be reached. The
employed measures herein, extend past industries and research
institutes to involve cultural, institutional, economic and political
players of key positions in innovative process. Firstly, a conceptual
idea of “learning” was conveyed as vital to IBEV, seeing innovation
and production as pertinent and dynamic. On a second note, the work
featured instances of trials to create renewable energy industries
around the continent. Lastly, the possible transformation of research
outlets such as the African Network for Solar Energy (ANSOLE) into
inventions was highlighted, emphasizing how innovations might be
born from inventions. A vital policy suggestion was that divisions of
African “innovative force” such as a technological head like South
Africa can for example; engage more with member countries
involved in production or assembly while creating beneficial
agreements with them. Thus, with mixed innovation schemes, more
effective knowledge transfer can be groomed across the continent.