South-Africa was facing a severe electricity crisis very recently. See, for example: https://theconversation.com/south-africas-electricity-crisis-a-series-of-fa

South-Africa was facing a severe electricity crisis very recently. See, for example: https://theconversation.com/south-africas-electricity-crisis-a-series-of-failures-over-30-years-have-left-a-dim-legacy-227936 https://theconversation.com/south-africas-electricity-crisis... I was there for a couple of weeks visiting friends back then and we even used a ridiculous, ad-laden app to look up "our" blackout times. It is also a strong case study for large-scale consumer-led solar expansion, perhaps together with Pakistan. ( https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/11/pakistan-solar-power-energy-transition/ https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/11/pakistan-solar-power... ) On the African continent alone, it is estimated that some 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa still have no access to reliable electricity. (Src.: https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/0f028d5f-26b1-47ca-ad2a-5ca3103d070a/Electricity2025.pdf https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/0f028d5f-26b1-47ca-... ) Reliable and non-discriminatory (at least not prohibitively expensive) access to electricity remains a serious human development issue.