Theres one data point in the World Banks latest Africas Pulse report, published last month, that is impossible to ignore: 43% of the continents people still do not have electricity (see go.nature.com/3oploj). That number is staggering not only because its so high, but also because it represents a rise since the COVID-19 pandemic began (see Lights out). We are living in a time when tens of billions of dollars are being spent on developing artificial intelligence, searching for personalized medicine and exploring space. But back on Earth, 600 million Af…
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