What does energy poverty mean for the welfare, income-generation, and empowerment of women and girls in Africa? Energy is very important. Women’s top priority is to provide food for their families- with energy she can have clean cooking facilities, taking care of general household needs, in fact just to basically see to have things done around the house like mobile phone charging, refrigerating food, etc. However, the most pertinent challenges are security and safety in communities; the absence of electricity enable ex-combatants who are already idle to turn into armed robbers, unleashing mayhem on residents of areas not having electricity. Personally, I have friends who were attacked and almost killed because of the lack of electricity in corridors/alleys as they went home at night. As a result of these attacks, they have constant anxiety, thus curtailing their movements. Poorly lit areas stopped women and girls from going certain areas (like adult literacy classes for women) at certain times – Wicked people lurk in dark corners. They take advantage of young girls/women and boys who travel alone or even in pairs. Thus, women are reportedly faced with a constant threat of violence, including rape and sexual harassment.