The figures are staggering. Six hundred million Africans have no access to electricity, making up 75% of the world’s 789 million people who live without electricity.
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A far from bright future
Africa’s collective electricity supply is bedevilled by weak legal frameworks and regional rivalry
Wind and solar change the game
As the third phase of DRC’s Inga 3 hydropower project falters, questions have been raised about the financial risk to both host and its main client, South Africa
A lesson in democratising energy
Togo’s government wants rural communities to produce their own, affordable electricity
