African economy
Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.72% of the world's human population. Africa has plentiful natural resources, but poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition and inadequate water supply and sanitation, as well as poor health, affect a large proportion of the people who reside in the African continent. But now Africa has real energy emerging from a generation of young entrepreneurs who are determined to compete on a global scale.
According to a survey report, the latest Biogas initiative will identify "pockets of opportunity", and initially focus on programmes in African countries with the strongest market potential. The Initiative aims to install 2 million household-level biogas plants in 10 years. The ultimate objective is to develop a sustainable, commercial biogas sector, which will in turn improve the lives and livelihoods of families in Africa. The Initiative will foster partnerships and knowledge exchange, provide leadership and experience to developing and implementing national programmes, stimulate further technology and market based research, and help identify and develop financial resources for the programmes.
Africa is coming up.
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