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A recent\u00a0World Energy Outlook<\/a> report found that over two-thirds of people in Africa live without electricity, a shocking statistic that costs the continent in health; investment, pollution and education opportunities. This lack of energy infrastructure has stalled GDP growth across the continent and underlined the need for an African solar power revolution to fill the energy.<\/p>\n

According to Kevin Watkins, director of the Overseas Development Institute<\/a> \u2014 and lead author of the influential 2015 Africa Progress Panel report, Power, People, Planet \u2014 the dark reality masks bright opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout history electricity has fuelled the growth that has created jobs, cut poverty, and improved the quality of life. Now, almost 150 years after Edison developed the lightbulb, it is time to spark an African energy revolution,\u201d said Watkins in an opinion piece for The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what\u2019s missing? Watkins tells an interesting, if familiar, story.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lack neither the finance nor the technologies to do so: all that\u2019s needed is the vital connection of international cooperation and political will.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He goes on to call for more procative policies from central governments<\/p>\n

\u201cFinancial and technical support from government, allied to new business models. In Africa, a vibrant off-grid solar industry is poised for takeoff. The only thing missing in most countries is government action to support, encourage and enable this investment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One such organisation dedicated to bringing such change agrees and is setting about attracting investment and overseas know-how to help bring solar power to Africa. Fronted by US-Senegalese R&B artist Akon, the Akon Lighting Africa<\/a> group is behind efforts to bring solar power to introduce renewable energy systems to the streets and villages of the continent.<\/p>\n

Akon Lighting Africa believes that a solar power-led electricity revolution is possible for this sleeping giant of solar energy where over 320 days average sunshine occurs in most parts of Africa. The organisation has helped set up a \u201cSolar Academy\u201d in Mali using overseas technicians and teachers to help give African entrepreneurs the skills needed to set up solar facilities.<\/p>\n

“We have the sun and innovative technologies to bring electricity to homes and communities,” said Akon Lighting Africa co-founder Samba Baithily. “We now need to consolidate African expertise.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So can solar power change the lives for millions of people in Africa?<\/p>\n

The opportunity provided by the abundance of sun and falling price of solar panels are the building blocks of an African solar power revolution. With the vision, training and desire to bring change brought about by aid organisations such as Akon, and leadership and funding from central governments, could the continent be the next renewable energy superpower?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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