Potential for solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in West Africa 2016, by country
Nigeria registered an estimated solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity of 492.47 gigawatts (GW), which was the highest solar PV potential in West Africa, followed by Niger and Mali, which achieved a solar PV of 442.93 GW and 298.81 GW respectively. For the same year, Gambia had an estimated solar PV potential of 428 thousand MW, and this was the lowest in the region.