Issue 002 · 2026-08-16

AfrPowerOS Weekly · 20 countries, 20 verified · 2026-08-16

# AfrPowerOS Weekly

2026-08-16 · 20 countries tracked · every fact sourced

## This week in the dataset

- **10** exploring
- **7** preparing
- **1** under construction
- **1** operating a commercial plant
- **1** no active program

**Confidence:** 20 of 20 records `Verified` from primary sources.

**Dataset changes (last 7 days):**
- `ab01979 feat(data): expand dataset to 20 countries, add homepage contribute CTA`
- `95663bd feat: initial AfrPowerOS dataset and open-source project skeleton`

## Why this matters

Africa hosts under 2% of global data-center capacity, and ~600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa lack electricity. Power — not compute — is the binding constraint on the continent's AI and industrial future. AfrPowerOS tracks the civilian nuclear programs emerging to close that gap.

## Explore the data

- Live map: https://kawacukennedy.github.io/afrpoweros/
- Full dataset: https://github.com/kawacukennedy/afrpoweros/blob/main/data/afrpoweros.json
- Corrections welcome: https://github.com/kawacukennedy/afrpoweros/issues
- Archive: https://buttondown.com/kawacu/archive/

*Every record carries a confidence label (Verified / Inference / Speculation / Unverified). Nothing is invented — if we can't source it, we mark it or omit it. No hype, no ads.*