As I keep saying ad infinitum, Africa is not a single unitary region.

Different countries in Africa have better grids than others, and different countries in Africa have stronger penetration of digital banking and DBT than others.

A country seeing a boom in domestic solar because of government subsidies and policies like Nigeria [0] is different from a country seeing a domestic solar boom because of a collapsing electric grid and regulatory failure like South Africa [1] or Pakistan [2] (not Africa but the same point holds).

At best this is an AI generated article, at worst this is someone who is truly misinformed and thinks about Africa this reductively.

[0] - https://nep.rea.gov.ng/solar-hybrid-mini-grid-for-economic-d...

[1] - https://globalpi.org/research/south-africas-solar-boom/

[2] - https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/pakistans-solar-revo...

I'm curious how you stay on top of African affairs. South Asia doesn't seem that hard to me but I don't know where to follow the regulatory landscape of African countries.

> Africa is not a single unitary region.

Well, duh!

Who is saying different? Nobody here

A short little article that does not cover every aspect is not bad. It is good