Table 3: waste generation and collection, potential CH4 generation and possible capture, and potential electricity generation in Africa [4].

Countries Waste Generation
(103 t/year)		 Waste Collection
(103 t/year)		 Potential CH4 Emission
(106 Nm3)		 Potential CH4 Captured (106 Nm3) Potential Electricity Generation (TJ/year) Potential Electricity Generated Using The Total CH4 Captured (TJ/year)
Algeria 10,905 10,032 916 632 24,663 22,690
Angola 2126 914 179 58 4808 2067
Benin 792 182 63 11 1692 389
Botswana 483 208 43 14 1152 496
Burkina Faso 892 357 71 21 1905 762
Burundi 205 82 16 5 437 175
Cameroon 3448 1483 290 93 7799 3353
Cape Verde 58 55 5 3 130 124
Central African Rep. 329 132 26 8 704 281
Chad 620 124 49 7 1325 265
Comoros 210 42 17 2 449 90
Congo DR 4640 1856 368 110 9911 3965
Congo 515 222 43 14 1166 501
Cote d'Ivoire 1878 751 149 45 4013 1605
Djibouti 129 55 11 3 291 125
Egypt 18,350 11,560 1541 728 41502 26146
Equatorial Guinea 84 36 7 2 200 86
Eritrea 230 92 18 5 492 197
Ethiopia 1615 646 128 38 3450 1380
Gabon 223 96 20 6 532 229
Gambia 211 84 17 5 450 180
Ghana 444 377 35 22 949 806
Guinea 627 251 50 15 1340 536
Guinea-Bissau 79 31 6 2 168 67
Kenya 1071 429 85 25 2288 915
Lesotho 115 49 10 3 260 112
Liberia 339 135 27 8 723 289
Libya 2219 954 197 63 5297 2278
Madagascar 1984 357 157 21 4237 763
Malawi 604 253 48 15 1289 541
Mali 1449 580 115 34 3095 1238
Mauritania 278 83 22 5 594 178
Mauritius 462 452 41 30 1102 1080
Mayotte 60 57 5 4 144 137
Morocco 10,326 8880 867 559 23,354 20,085
Mozambique 500 210 40 13 1069 449
Namibia 169 73 14 5 383 165
Niger 518 218 41 13 1106 465
Nigeria 17,451 7329 1384 436 37275 15656
Rwanda 416 175 33 10 888 373
Réunion 687 652 61 43 1639 1557
Saint Helena 2 2 0 0 4 4
Sao Tome 20 19 2 1 42 40
Senegal 1070 225 85 13 2286 480
Seychelles 53 51 5 3 127 121
Sierra Leone 394 173 31 10 841 370
Somalia 412 173 33 10 881 370
South Africa 23,214 11,607 2058 772 55420 27710
Sudan 5481 2357 486 157 13084 5626
Swaziland 48 23 4 2 116 55
Tanzania 1237 519 110 35 2953 1240
Togo 535 508 42 30 1142 1085
Tunisia 2154 840 191 56 5143 2006
Uganda 605 182 54 12 1445 433
Western Sahara 85 17 8 1 203 41
Zambia 385 162 34 11 918 386
Zimbabwe 989 490 88 33 2361 1170
Total Africa 124,994 68,150 10,446 4304 282,602 154,520
Sub-Saharan Africa 80,955 35,865 6776 2264 182,439 81,275