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Can Africa grow without fossil fuels?

FT News Briefing

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Renewable Energy and Economic Development in Africa

This chapter examines the possibility of African nations skipping fossil fuels and moving straight to renewable energy for growth. It contrasts Kenya's success with geothermal energy against Nigeria's dependence on oil, questioning the feasibility of renewable-based industrialization and the pressures from Western nations on these countries regarding climate change.

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