12 reasons why gas should be part of Africa's clean energy future

Jul 23, 2020

A view shows a tower flaring gas at an LNG processing plant operated by Shell and others in Bonny Island, in Rivers state, Nigeria June 21, 2017. Picture taken June 21, 2017

A tower flaring gas at an LNG processing plant in Nigeria Image: REUTERS/Paul Carsten

Mark Thurber

Associate Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University

Todd Moss

Founder and Executive Director, Energy for Growth Hub

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