Why the energy transition is so tough for Africa: 600 million people still have no access to power

CNN · Jacopo Prisco · last updated November 17, 2022 – 8:20 AM

Africa’s energy sector faces a huge challenge: how to bring reliable access to electricity to hundreds of millions of people, while containing carbon emissions.

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