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While much of the world is looking at how it can use more green energy and cut carbon dioxide emissions, in Africa the challenge is somewhat different.

For many across the continent, it is the challenge of accessing any energy supply at all.

Some 600 million people in Africa do not have access to energy, limiting their ability in every aspect of life. Even in the mega-cities of South Africa and Nigeria, homes and businesses have to deal with rolling power blackouts.

Olasimbo Sojinrin is the Chief Operating Officer at Solar Sister in Nigeria, which invests in female entrepreneurs to start, grow and sustain successful clean energy businesses. She told Newsday that people are increasingly relying on renewables because they are 鈥渦ltimately cheaper. In the last month, we鈥檝e seen鈥�an increase in the demand for clean energy products and this is because the petrol prices have skyrocketed鈥� so people are switching to clean energy and I think that鈥檚 better for the planet overall.鈥�

(Picture: Shows Solar Sister entrepreneur Idongesit Effiong, who owns Paradise Meals, in Uyo, Nigeria. She says: 鈥淭here is a shortage of power supply in this neighbourhood, but now my lights are on.鈥� Credit: Solar Sister / Joanna B Pinneo.)

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