Africa Needs Reliable Energy. The Private Sector Is Best Equipped to Deliver
Only the private sector can deliver what is badly needed to unlock the continent's potential.
Co-written with Aaron Cheng for Newsweek, December 2022.
Daniel Agok’s computer classes in Wanyjok, South Sudan, kept dying with the diesel generator. The piece is the case for private utilities as the way to wire the continent at speed: 3,000 kWh per capita in developed economies versus about 150 kWh in sub-Saharan Africa, and a $350 billion electrification opportunity.