For health clinics, the consequences are even starker and more immediate. There, the lack of light and electricity means not being able to save a life because health workers cannot see adequately and there is no power to run basic equipment.

Power Africa works with African governments, the private sector and other partners such as the World Bank and African Development Bank to add more than 30,000 megawatts of cleaner, more efficient electricity generation capacity in sub-Saharan Africa.