That is the main message of a new report from Kofi Annan's Africa Progress Panel, Power, People, Planet: Seizing Africa's Energy and Climate Opportunities (http://www.africaprogresspanel.org). The report calls for a ten-fold increase in power generation to provide all Africans with access to electricity by 2030. This would reduce poverty and inequality, boost growth, and provide the climate leadership that is sorely missing at the international level.
Huu ndio ujumbe mkuu wa ripoti mpya kutoka kwa kundi la Maendeleo ya Afrika ya Kofi Annan, Kawi,watu, sayari: Kutwaa nafasi za Kawi na Hali ya hewa ya Afrika. Ripoti yenyewe inatoa mwito wa kuzidishwa kwa uzalishaji wa kawi mara kumi ili kuwezesha Waafrika wote kupata umeme kufikia 2030. Hii itaondoa umaskini na ukosefu wa usawa, itaongeza ukuaji, na kuleta uongozi wa hali ya hewa ambao unakosekana katika kiwango cha kimataifa.