Last month, South Africa's government declared that it would increase the production of coal-fired energy.
It was a surprise to many in the climate-change scene. They had expected African countries to cut back on coal, especially after the African Development Bank (ADB) stopped financing coal projects.
Despite this, the African nations are sticking with fossil-fuel projects. But, how does Africa manage to fund them?
In sub-Saharan Africa, 620 million people‐a third of the population‐have no electricity. The remaining third have intermittent power supply, with constant outages. In such dire circumstances, one would not expect restrictions on fuel sources.
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