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Energy in Afrika

ENERGY FOR AFRICA:

The Power to Industrialize and Reach Zero Poverty

By PD Lawton, UK.

rof. Benjamin Jabez Botwe also health, food production, water sani- “…that energy is the bedrock of every
Nyarko, Director General of tation and environmental protection. living organism and that the greatest
the Ghana Atomic Energy source of energy is from the sun. “The sun
PCommission (GAEC), re- Prof.Nyarko stressed that nuclear technol- produces energy through fusion and the
cently made the point that nuclear energy ogy should not be feared. He said according fundamental energy God created is from
is the best way of achieving reduction of to the article entitled ‘Nuclear Applica- nuclear reaction, so I don’t think anybody
poverty in Africa. He said that nuclear tions Key To SDGs Realisation’: should be afraid of nuclear.”
technology will enable countries to realize
more than 9 of the 17 Sustainable De- https://ghana-mma.com/2021/05/07/ The Professor also stated that productive
velopment Goals.He said that nuclear, nuclear-applications-key-to-sdgs-realisa- employment and economic growth ( which
through its multifaceted applications, is tion/ is the Sustainable Development Goal 8),
key to not just energy production but is interdependent with industry, innovation

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