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Michael Adekanbi
Energy technologies: who will pay for Africa?
As a result of the continuous industrial and global advancement, the last decade has witnessed a surge in new technologies in the energy sector, which is supposed to help countries meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #7. But the energy sectors of some developing countries need overhauling as the failure of electricity and the rate of carbon emissions of these countries is overwhelming. Who will pay for Africa?
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