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620 million, 4%, 10 terawatts: The numbers behind Africa's energy problem and potential
Providing electricty for millions across Africa, is a crucial step to achieving sustainable development, says President of Guinea Alpha Condé.
Alpha Condé
Formerly: Professor of Political Science, University of Paris-Sorbonne; spent decades in opposition to the succession of undemocratic regimes in post-independence Guinea; led the Rally of the Guinean People, an opposition party (RPG) during this period; since December 2010, serving as the first democratically elected President of Guinea.
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