Full steam ahead? Geothermal energy can be Africa's game-changer

Business Day: THE Africa of today is exponentially more vital than 20th-century Africa. In Sub-Saharan Africa, countries are experiencing a "new dynamism", with two-thirds of them expected to grow at 6.2% this year. In the face of this trend, energy has become a front-burner problem. An astonishing 70% of Sub-Saharan Africans still lack access to basic energy services, undermining their health, limiting opportunities for education and development, and reducing countries' potential to rise up out of poverty....

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