Africa is touted as a new frontier for renewable energy. But the continent has struggled to harness the vast potential of its clean power sources due to a lack of access to finances, poor infrastructure and political instability. But new financing from the UN’s COP29 climate summit might help. Chris Ocamringa reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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