Africa on Nicola Iarocci https://nicolaiarocci.com/tags/africa/ Recent content in Africa on Nicola Iarocci Hugo -- 0.143.1 en Produced / Written / Maintained by Nicola Iarocci since 2010 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:43:31 +0100 Solarpunk is already happening in Africa https://nicolaiarocci.com/solarpunk-is-already-happening-in-africa/ Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:43:31 +0100 https://nicolaiarocci.com/solarpunk-is-already-happening-in-africa/ <p>Super interesting.</p> <blockquote> <p>What’s happening across Sub-Saharan Africa right now is the most ambitious infrastructure project in human history, except it’s not being built by governments or utilities or World Bank consortiums. It’s being built by startups selling solar panels to farmers on payment plans. And it’s working.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already-happening">Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa</a></p> <p>The ongoing discussion on <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45827190">HN</a> is also worth reading (minus the AI slop complaints).</p> Super interesting.

What’s happening across Sub-Saharan Africa right now is the most ambitious infrastructure project in human history, except it’s not being built by governments or utilities or World Bank consortiums. It’s being built by startups selling solar panels to farmers on payment plans. And it’s working.

Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa

The ongoing discussion on HN is also worth reading (minus the AI slop complaints).

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