This is what needs to be done to bring electricity to Sub-Saharan Africa

Aug 20, 2019

An Iberia jet flies over power lines outside Madrid, December 23, 2013. There were clear signs of manipulation at a Spanish wholesale power auction used to set household bills that was later annulled by the competition authorities, the Industry Minister said in an interview published on Saturday. The quarterly auction of wholesale electricity on Thursday recorded a sharp jump in price, which would have translated to a 10.5 percent rise in power bills, prompting the regulator to annul the auction. REUTERS/Paul Hanna (SPAIN - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E9CN1RKA01

Applications of the framework in sub-Saharan Africa, for example, show that about 60% of urban households in Ethiopia and 77% in Rwanda experience 4 to 14 power outages per week. Image: REUTERS/Paul Hanna (SPAIN - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E9CN1RKA01

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Electricity Access and Urban Population Growth Trends in the Most Populous Sub-Saharan African Countries Image: World Bank Indicators

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