Some 600 million Africans do not have access to electricity; 1 billion of them do not have a clean source of energy for cooking. Add to this the needs of value chain creation and industrial development, and Africa's energy demand becomes exponential. Will the continent harness its renewable energy potential or will it make the same mistakes as other countries, which led to the global ecological cataclysm?

The African economy is hampered by the use of fossil fuels whose purchase is a continuous bleeding in foreign currency. The high cost per kWh makes Made in Africa uncompetitive on the international market. As a result, Africa remains a region of resource extraction and export of raw materials. READ further from the sources above