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Georges Alexandre Lenferna

Alex Lenferna is a South African Fulbright Scholar pursuing his PhD at the University of Washington (UW), based in the philosophy department. Before going to UW, he completed an MA in philosophy at Rhodes University and was also a research associate at the IGERT C-CHANGE Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Unit at the University of Kansas. Alex focuses on issues of climate change, global justice, poverty and inequality.

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How Africa could leapfrog fossil fuels to clean energy alternatives

By Georges Alexandre Lenferna ● Energy ● April 19, 2016

There are multiple choices ahead for Africa thanks to the rapid rise of clean energy. Compared to the fossil-fuelled status quo, clean energy has the ability to distribute power more equitably, provide cheaper energy and create many more jobs.