East Africa is building renewables at unprecedented speed—yet for millions, power remains unreliable or unaffordable. The real bottleneck is rarely ge …

East Africa is building renewables at unprecedented speed—yet for millions, power remains unreliable or unaffordable. The real bottleneck is rarely generation; it’s fragile grids, misaligned incentives, weak maintenance ecosystems, and skills gaps. This op-ed argues that the decisive factor is not megawatts, but durable delivery systems—an insight at the core of Sustainable Energy Development in East Africa – Interdisciplinary Approaches (2025, DOI: 10.14512/9783987264979).