McDonald, David A.2011-11-022011-11-022009978-0-7969-2246-5http://hdl.handle.net/10625/47429Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.zaDue to copyright restrictions, this item cannot be sharedAlthough 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.Text1 digital file (528 p. : ill.)enPOWER INDUSTRYENERGY RESOURCESELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMSAFRICAELECTRICITYECONOMIC GROWTHSOCIAL PROBLEMSRENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCESTRADABLE EMISSION ENTITLEMENTSBook