Decentralization: the key to accelerating access to distributed energy services in sub-Saharan Africa?

Collen Zalengera1, Long Seng To2, Richard Sieff2, Alison Mohr3, Aran Eales4, Jon Cloke2, Hannah Buckland4, Edward Brown2, Richard E. Blanchard2, Simon Batchelor5
1Mzuzu University, Mzuzu, Malawi
2Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
3University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
4University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
5GAMOS, Reading, UK

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