Electricity access soared from 37% in 2013 to 79% in 2023, and Kenya is reaching toward fully renewable electricity in the next decade. But significant gaps remain.
  • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Going from 37% to 79% in 10 years is roughly the rate every industrialized nation did it.

    I will be impressed if they reach 98% by 2030.

    There’s an S curve to these things. The middle moves real fast.

    The beginning is hard work and it’s expensive.

    Then the infrastructure allows explosion to areas with easy access.

    Lastly, diminishing marginal returns to extend the infrastructure to the less easy to access areas.

    So what I’m saying is, what they’ve done isn’t really impressive, yet. Other than “In the greater context of ‘Africa’”.

    Their goal (100% by 2030), is lofty and if they reach it that’d be crazy and article-worthy.

    I’m glad to know Kenya is moving apace, but they are moving exactly that. Apace. Not exceptional. Not yet.