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A new start-up business initiative that aims to introduce clean, renewable energy to communities across Africa has secured second place in a hotly-contested competition in Europe. Mobile Solarkraftwerke Afrika (Africa Mobile Solar Container project in English) is a German-based initiative, but the pilot began in Mali. Here's the managing director, Charlie C. Njonmou. (Photo: In Mali, children show their laptops, powered by a vast series of solar panels which unfold from the shipping container.) (Credit: Mobile Solarkraftwerke Afrika)