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Africa: Little capacity to electrify communities

By Jon Marks

Published: October 13 2009 00:34 | Last updated: October 13 2009 00:34

Why are the roads so potholed, the rubbish piled high and most of the city plunged into darkness when dusk falls?

French ambassador Pierre Jacquemot asked this question soon after arriving in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital and was taken aback to hear that Kinshasa was “waiting for the World Bank” to provide.

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