‘The bargain of the century’: An economist’s vision for expanding clean energy access in Africa

Mongabay
Dec 26, 2025, 8:10 am473 ptsHotTop
Many observers see industrialization as the key to boosting clean electricity access for people living in Africa and across the Global South. They argue that building up economies with industry will bring about the investments needed to upgrade the power grid and related infrastructure to provide power to the…

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