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This chapter analyses how the concept of disability is understood in most African communities and how this conception is linked to access to modern energy services and development of the law. It argues that the initial conception of disability appeared to be without due consideration for the importance of access to modern energy services in ensuring quality of life for disabled persons and that this affected the development of the law and the low quality of life of disabled persons. It was found that new developments in the law in Africa indirectly link access to modern energy services as the basis of the protection of the rights of disabled persons. The chapter concludes with the suggestion that the issue of access to modern energy services should be clearly defined in express provisions in legal instruments that seek to ensure quality of life for disabled persons.

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