For a continent that boasts abundant renewable energy sources like hydropower, solar and wind, this cannot continue. Key challenges are infrastructure-related and poor investment. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
The delay in additional capacity to the grid was not caused by a lack of private capital, but a lack of projects
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