ICT can inspire a revolution in energy consumers’ behaviour


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Issue 282 - 25 Jul 2014 | 3 minute read

The provision of electricity and access to clean energy remain beyond the grasp of hundreds of millions of sub-Saharan consumers, but Africa’s information and communications technology (ICT) boom points to a capacity of investment, entrepreneurship and innovation that, if harnessed to energy supply, could radically lift economic performance. Mobile financial services have brought unbanked communities into the globalised economy; apps relevant to African communities are drawing in funds from US and other tech investors; new ways of linking communities to the diaspora are stimulating business and supporting entrepreneurs.

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