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Africa’s Healthcare Power Crisis and How Politics Keep Hospitals in the Dark

Posted on September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 By Africa Digest News No Comments on Africa’s Healthcare Power Crisis and How Politics Keep Hospitals in the Dark
Africa’s Healthcare Power Crisis and How Politics Keep Hospitals in the Dark

Power shortages in healthcare aren’t just about money; they reveal a deeper governance crisis. Across sub-Saharan Africa, millions of people walk into hospitals and clinics that cannot guarantee one basic necessity: electricity. Nearly one billion people depend on health facilities with no power or with constant outages. Without electricity, surgeries stall, incubators stop, vaccines spoil,…

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No false dawns – Africa is on the rise

Posted on September 18, 2024September 24, 2024 By Africa Digest News No Comments on No false dawns – Africa is on the rise
No false dawns – Africa is on the rise

By Devan Pillay, Cluster President, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric “The continent is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos. Only with the greatest simplification, for the sake of convenience, can we say ‘Africa’. In reality, except as a geographical appellation, Africa does not exist,”…

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opinion
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  • Why Hybrid Energy Systems Are the Key to Ending Power Shortages
  • Why IRPs and PPAs are Critical to Lights On in Schools, Hospitals, and Industry
  • Why Kenya’s Turkana Oil Still Lies Underground 13 Years After Discovery
  • How Electric Tuk-Tuks Are Powering Kenya’s Clean Energy Transport Revolution

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