Over 600 million people across Africa, don’t have electricity. It could cost hundreds of billions of dollars, to link power lines across the continent.

But some energy experts are calling for throwing out the old ‘big grid model’ altogether and leaping into a modern, environmentally-friendly system.

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Environment writer, Jeffrey Ball discusses energy leapfrogging in Africa

For more on energy leapfrogging in Africa and latest developments in renewable energy. CGTN’s Rachelle Akuffo spoke with Energy and Environment Writer, Jeffrey Ball. He’s also a scholar-in-residence at Stanford University.