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This chapter focuses on the current energy landscape in Africa as well as the challenges the continent is currently facing. It also highlights the energy demand and resources, the renewable energy policy, investment and corruption.
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Pollet, B.G., Staffell, I., Adamson, KA. (2016). Energy and Africa. In: The Energy Landscape in the Republic of South Africa. SpringerBriefs in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25510-1_2
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