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Will Barack Obama's Power Africa turn the lights out on energy poverty?

2013-07-04 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: On Sunday, standing in the shadow of the Ubungo power plant in Dar es Salaam, Barack Obama launched a multi-billion dollar effort to "plug Africa into the grid of the global economy". At face value, the US president's Power Africa initiative is welcome. It's an ambitious, aspirational commitment to "double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa". No doubt action is needed if trends continue, more people in Africa will be without access to modern energy services in 2030 than today. Obama prioritising...

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