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Could Russia solve Africa's electricity shortage?

World Business Report

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Nuclear power could be the solution to the chronic shortage of electricity across Africa. Russia's state owned atomic power company, Rosatom, has agreed to help several countries, a sign that nuclear could become a vibrant industry in the continent. Dmitry Shornikov, the chief executive of the company's operations in central and Southern Africa, tells the Âé¶¹Éç's Russell Padmore that gaining public acceptance is important. (Picture: Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, built by Rosatom. Copyright TASS.)

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