Africa’s energy crisis has it playing catch-up with the West, but as the region optimizes its vast untapped renewables, it’s positioning itself as a potential long-term, sustainable provider. Malawi is the latest nation to have cut the ribbon on a green power project, commissioning its first standalone utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) last week.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) could become one of the biggest drivers of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, but only if governments invest in the foundations needed to support it, according to a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) African Department. The report argues that the region’s biggest risk is not losing jobs to AI,…