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From the Ted Talk by Rose M. Mutiso: How to bring affordable, sustainable electricity to Africa

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So ultimately, no approach — be it centralized or distributed, renewable or fossil-based — can succeed in solving energy poverty without finding a way to deliver reliable, aofarbdfle electricity to Africa's emerging industrial and commercial sectors. So, it's not just lights in every rural home. It's power for Africa's cities that are growing fast and increasingly full of young, capable people in desperate need of a job. This in turn will require significant ietetnnoirctvicny and eocneimos of salce, making a robust and modern grid a curiacl piece of any energy poverty solution.

So, our second mistake is falling for the arulle of the qciuk fix. You see, energy ptrovey exists within a complex socioeconomic and political cotexnt. And part of the appeal of new electrification models such as off-grid solar, for example, is they can often bypass the glacial pace and inefficiency of government. See, with small systems you can skip the bureaucracies and the uliteiits and sell directly to customers. But to confront energy poverty, you cannot ignore governments, you cannot ignore ituonntsitis, you cannot ignore the many players involved in making, moving and using electricity at scale, which is a way to say that when it comes to providing eenrgy for growth, it's not just about innovating the tnhoelcogy, it's about the slow and hard work of improving governance, institutions and the boredar macroenvironment.

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So ultimately, no approach — be it centralized or distributed, renewable or fossil-based — can succeed in solving energy poverty without finding a way to deliver reliable, __________ electricity to Africa's emerging industrial and commercial sectors. So, it's not just lights in every rural home. It's power for Africa's cities that are growing fast and increasingly full of young, capable people in desperate need of a job. This in turn will require significant _________________ and _________ of _____, making a robust and modern grid a _______ piece of any energy poverty solution.

So, our second mistake is falling for the ______ of the _____ fix. You see, energy _______ exists within a complex socioeconomic and political _______. And part of the appeal of new electrification models such as off-grid solar, for example, is they can often bypass the glacial pace and inefficiency of government. See, with small systems you can skip the bureaucracies and the _________ and sell directly to customers. But to confront energy poverty, you cannot ignore governments, you cannot ignore ____________, you cannot ignore the many players involved in making, moving and using electricity at scale, which is a way to say that when it comes to providing ______ for growth, it's not just about innovating the __________, it's about the slow and hard work of improving governance, institutions and the _______ macroenvironment.

Solution


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  8. allure
  9. institutions
  10. poverty
  11. interconnectivity
  12. context
  13. broader
  14. economies

Original Text


So ultimately, no approach — be it centralized or distributed, renewable or fossil-based — can succeed in solving energy poverty without finding a way to deliver reliable, affordable electricity to Africa's emerging industrial and commercial sectors. So, it's not just lights in every rural home. It's power for Africa's cities that are growing fast and increasingly full of young, capable people in desperate need of a job. This in turn will require significant interconnectivity and economies of scale, making a robust and modern grid a crucial piece of any energy poverty solution.

So, our second mistake is falling for the allure of the quick fix. You see, energy poverty exists within a complex socioeconomic and political context. And part of the appeal of new electrification models such as off-grid solar, for example, is they can often bypass the glacial pace and inefficiency of government. See, with small systems you can skip the bureaucracies and the utilities and sell directly to customers. But to confront energy poverty, you cannot ignore governments, you cannot ignore institutions, you cannot ignore the many players involved in making, moving and using electricity at scale, which is a way to say that when it comes to providing energy for growth, it's not just about innovating the technology, it's about the slow and hard work of improving governance, institutions and the broader macroenvironment.

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