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Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map vs Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA)

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Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid MapEnergy time-series (World Bank + EIA)
Category
Datasets
Datasets
Type
Energy
Energy
Country
🌍 Pan-African
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
Free / open
Free (EIA key)
Verified
Unverified
Verified
Last verified
22 Sept 2026
10 Oct 2026
Tags
energy, electricity, geojson, infrastructure, grid
time-series, api, energy
Links
Website
Website Docs
Summary
Open GIS map of existing and planned electricity transmission and distribution lines for all continental African countries and Madagascar, tagged by voltage (sub-kV to 700kV) and status. Four downloadable resources cover combined, existing-only and planned-only lines as GeoJSON plus a Shapefile package. Published by the World Bank on ENERGYDATA.INFO under CC BY 4.0 and last updated September 2024.
Best developer-accessible Nigerian energy time-series: World Bank electricity-access % (no auth) and EIA energy production/consumption (free API key required).

Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map vs Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA) at a glance

Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map and Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA) are both listed under Energy in Wycord's Datasets index.

Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map is based in Pan-African and Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA) in Nigeria.

Both currently show the status "Docs live".

On access, both are marked "No approval needed".

Uptime and latency come from Wycord's own probes of each resource's website, documentation and repository, run every six hours.

How they differ

  • Pricing: Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map, Free / open; Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA), Free (EIA key).
  • Country: Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map, Pan-African; Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA), Nigeria.
  • Verification: Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map, Unverified; Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA), Verified.

Topics

Both are tagged: energy.

Only Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map: electricity, geojson, infrastructure, grid.

Only Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA): time-series, api.

Common questions

Which has better uptime, Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map or Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA)?
Wycord does not yet have enough probe results for both to compare uptime.
Do Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map or Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA) need approval before use?
Both are marked "No approval needed".
Is the documentation for Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map and Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA) working?
Both show "Docs live" at the last check.
Where are Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map and Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA) based?
Africa Electricity Transmission & Distribution Grid Map is based in Pan-African; Energy time-series (World Bank + EIA) is based in Nigeria.

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