South Africa had the largest wind energy capacity in Africa as of 2024, reaching just over *** gigawatts. This corresponded to over ** percent of Africa's total wind energy capacity that year. Egypt and Morocco followed, with roughly *** gigawatts and **** gigawatts of wind energy capacity.
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