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SSIR: Scaling Power for Global Prosperity
Op-Eds Mar 26, 2019

SSIR: Scaling Power for Global Prosperity

More than a billion people worldwide live without access to basic electricity: One in every six people on Earth doesn’t have enough energy at home for indoor lighting or even to charge a mobile phone. But as appalling as that figure is, it has misled policy-makers, nonprofits, and funders about the true extent of global energy poverty.

Better Metrics and Data
Shaping Energy Transitions
Foreign Affairs: Can Nigeria Solve Its Energy Crisis?
Op-Eds Sep 26, 2018

Foreign Affairs: Can Nigeria Solve Its Energy Crisis?

Nigeria is home to one in every five Africans and it has the continent’s largest economy. More than half of Nigerians are under 20 years old. Whether all these bright young people will drive growth or generate instability depends largely on whether Nigeria’s economy can produce jobs for them. And Nigeria won’t be able to create jobs at the required pace until it solves its energy crisis.

Making Markets Work
Shaping Energy Transitions