African leaders urge nuclear energy adoption to drive growth

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Cooling towers of a nuclear power plant. Despite some progress, Africa needs a bold, tailored shift to nuclear energy to meet its growing needs.

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African delegates at the inaugural Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa (Neisa 2025) in the Rwandan capital of Kigali on Monday called for the accelerated adoption of nuclear energy to meet the continent’s rising energy demand, support industrialisation, and drive sustainable development.

As the continent’s population is expected to exceed three billion in the next four decades, leaders stressed the importance of clean, reliable and scalable energy, particularly nuclear power.