Electric capitalism : recolonising Africa on the power grid
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2009
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HSRC Press, Cape Town, ZA
Abstract
Although Africa is the most under-supplied region of the world for electricity, its economies are utterly dependent on it. There are enormous inequalities in electricity access, with industry receiving abundant supplies of cheap power while more than 80 per cent of the continent's population remain off the power grid. Africa is not unique in this respect, but levels of inequality are particularly pronounced here due to the inherent unevenness of 'electric capitalism' on the continent.
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POWER INDUSTRY, ENERGY RESOURCES, ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS, AFRICA, ELECTRICITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, TRADABLE EMISSION ENTITLEMENTS