Can a power up in Africa make it a more powerful continent? Electricity is a gem in Africa! In some African nations, there are terms or phrases known by its every citizen, used to celebrate the moment when the electric bulbs and street lights (if available) lit up in the middle of stark darkness!
Yes, it is possible to spot an African nation, if you are up in an airplane; all you need to do is "look for the dark regions below".
There shortage of electric power supply in Africa may not have much to do with poverty though as there are many poor nations around the world, that don't have problems with electricity?
Just how bad is the electricity issue in Africa?
Well, it can be really bad! In some nations, the Math is simple; "You can expect only around 12 hours of power a day!" In some nations, they make it more blatant: "One day on, one day off!"
There are small electricity generators in most houses and electricity generators is huge business in Africa. Worst thing is many of these generators have to be imported and are expensive. Too, you will have to fuel these electricity generators and ofcourse in several African nations petrol is expensive. Yes, even petrol is scare and an expensive commodity!
You will say but Africa has crude oil; but hahaha, it is way more complicated than that as some of these African nations don't have working refineries, thus, they'll have to export the crude oil for refinement and import petrol back in. Isn't this huge business for some companies and loss for the poor masses? Sometimes, you are tempted to think, perhaps, government make much more money from taxes and these businesses, through bribery and corruption; that they never really want the nation to have electricity.
Whatever the case, one thing is obvious: "The presence of constant electricity in Africa will lead to massive development in Africa!" Many foreign businesses, simply don't consider the African regions as arable land for investments, sometime solely because of how much it will cost, to power up their industry with electricity.
Many simple crimes in Africa would reduce drastically, if there was light in Africa. "Many crimes in Africa, take place in the dark!"
In general, powering up Africa, in terms of electricity or even steem power, will remarkably fix Africa and enhance living conditions to a massive extent.
How can the steem blockchain be used to power up Africa? Blockchain is become ever more applicable in real life; so can we expect electricity in Africa soon?
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