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Op-Eds
Aug 11, 2020
Why Hasn’t Africa Gone Digital?
Originally appeared in a Scientific American post, August 11, 2020 COVID-19 has spurred massive changes in how the…
Op-Eds
Aug 11, 2020
Scientific American
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Memo
Jul 27, 2020
Back to Basics: Tech entrepreneurs in Nigeria need a cheap, reliable and continuous supply of electricity
Op-Eds
Jul 21, 2020
SE4All: A post-COVID agenda for a ‘zombie-free’ recovery of Africa’s power markets
Originally appeared in a Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) post, July 21, 2020 COVID-19 and the global recession…
Memo
Jun 09, 2020
Six Ways to Improve Nigeria’s Crumbling Transmission Network
Op-Eds
Jan 28, 2020
Big data and the electricity sector in African countries
From World Development Perspectives (January 2020) A number of “disruptive” data science and sensor technologies are creating new…
team
Dec 16, 2019
Charles Kenny
Report
Apr 23, 2019
Working Group: America’s Global Infrastructure Opportunity
The launch of the U.S. Development Finance Corporation (USDFC) in October 2019 is an extraordinary opportunity to accelerate…
team
Nov 26, 2018
Moussa Blimpo
Infographics
Nov 13, 2018
Infographic – Are We Learning the Right Energy Lesson from Mobile Phones? The Energy Iceberg Says No
The mobile phone revolution is allowing countries to skip landlines, prompting many observers to assume countries might also skip building an electricity grid and jump right to distributed home energy systems (e.g., here and here). New disruptive technologies are exciting and alluring, especially in sub-Saharan markets where the unmet infrastructure needs are huge. After all, if you can charge your smartphone with a rooftop solar kit, then who needs power plants and a grid?
Memo
Nov 05, 2018
Empowered Planning with Models, Satellites, & Machine Learning
team
Sep 12, 2018
Varun Sivaram
team
Sep 12, 2018