A less cheery spin on the news:<p>S. Africa’s Power Crisis Sparks Interest in Solar Power
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Elon Musk talked about this, in his Tesla battery launch. He said just like mobile networks leapfrogged landline communication in Africa, similarly solar and batteries could leapfrog the electricity grid.