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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

Cars That Think

Nighttime satellite images show that the heart of the continent remains in darkness: electrification rates are less than 5 percent in Chad and the Central African Republic, and the rates remain below 50 percent in such populous countries as Angola, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Sudan. What does 50 kWh/year deliver?

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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Burundi, Central African Republic, Madagascar, the Bahamas, and Latvia slipped significantly in environmental performance, largely due to sub-par performance on climate change. All trend analyses are based on backcasting this year’s EPI methods on historical data. 2018 EPI Trends.

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EV Radar: May 2022

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EV Radar: June 2022

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EV Radar: April 2022

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