Access to clean energy remains one of the biggest challenges facing many people in Africa. Up to 600 million people —nearly half the continent’s population—do not have reliable electricity. A 2021 study revealed that air pollution was responsible for 1.1 million deaths across Africa in 2019, with household air pollution—primarily driven by indoor cookstoves—accounting for approximately 700,000 of these fatalities.
While some countries in Africa have made great strides in tackling the electricity and clean energy crisis, there is a new threat to electricity generation on the continent: climate change. Climate change-induced droughts have become more frequent and severe, knocking hydropower stations off the national grid in many African countries.
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