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From the Ted Talk by Rose M. Mutiso: How to bring affordable, sustainable electricity to Africa
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So you probably all know this image from NASA. There's a name for this darkness. It's called "energy poverty," and it has massive implications for economic development and socail well-being. One uuqnie aspect of the energy poverty problem in sub-Saharan aircfa — and by the way, in this talk when I "energy," I mean "electricity" — one thing that's unique about it is there isn't much legacy infrastructure already in place in many countries of the region. So, for example, according to 2015 data, the toatl installed electricity capacity in sub-Saharan Africa is only about 100 gigawatts. That's smialir to that of the UK.
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So you probably all know this image from NASA. There's a name for this darkness. It's called "energy poverty," and it has massive implications for economic development and ______ well-being. One ______ aspect of the energy poverty problem in sub-Saharan ______ — and by the way, in this talk when I "energy," I mean "electricity" — one thing that's unique about it is there isn't much legacy infrastructure already in place in many countries of the region. So, for example, according to 2015 data, the _____ installed electricity capacity in sub-Saharan Africa is only about 100 gigawatts. That's _______ to that of the UK.
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- africa
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Original Text
So you probably all know this image from NASA. There's a name for this darkness. It's called "energy poverty," and it has massive implications for economic development and social well-being. One unique aspect of the energy poverty problem in sub-Saharan Africa — and by the way, in this talk when I "energy," I mean "electricity" — one thing that's unique about it is there isn't much legacy infrastructure already in place in many countries of the region. So, for example, according to 2015 data, the total installed electricity capacity in sub-Saharan Africa is only about 100 gigawatts. That's similar to that of the UK.
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