IEEE PowerAfrica Conference 2021

The optimal availability, accessibility and use of water, energy and food is essential to attain the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Africa by 2050. Water, energy and food (WEF) are greatly interdependent on one another in their production, transportation, operation and use globally. For instance, water is needed in the production, processing, transportation, consumption and digestion of food. It is also needed in the production and transportation of different forms of energy. According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, food production and its supply chain constitutes about 30% of global energy consumption, and takes up about 70% of global freshwater. Furthermore, energy is needed to produce, process, transport, package and distribute food as well as to pump, treat, collect, transport and lift water. The quality and quantity of energy deployed for use in Africa can as well limit the quality and quantity of food and water supply on the continent. However, an undesired WEF nexus in Africa would greatly constrain good health and human well-being, poverty eradication, food security, affordability of WEF, economic development, environmental sustainability, sustainable development, etc. Hence, the need for researchers to bring to the open their recent research, developments, and discoveries on the WEF nexus in Africa towards a safe, developed and sustainable Africa for the present, and posterity irrespective of location of residence (urban or rural) and gender.