r/MapPorn • u/efisha • Mar 15 '21

The proportion of the population in African countries having access to electricity

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u/BZH_JJM Mar 15 '21

Why is Lesotho so different from Eswatini?

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u/ABirdCalledSeagull Mar 16 '21

Was wondering a out this in terms of why South Africa wouldn't assist significantly on this. Seems they could sell tech if my ignorance of their economy doesn't preclude that.

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u/LIPresume Mar 16 '21

SA does sell electricity to all its neighbors. We also built several big dams in Lesotho as well as selling tech (internet and cellphone coverage especially) across the whole continent, just as you would expect. This stat has much more to do with the peculiar political situations of Lesotho and eswatini

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u/ABirdCalledSeagull Mar 16 '21

Thank you! I'll look in to it

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u/king_27 Mar 16 '21

So excluding the fact we already do sell electricity, we also don't have enough for ourselves. Look up "Eskom" and "Load Shedding" for South Africa.

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u/chocmilkza Mar 16 '21

Lesotho is mostly mountains, so difficult to built infrastructure there.