affordable and clean energy<\/a> by 2030.<\/p>\nJapan\u2019s decision \u201csends a strong message to African people that our governments are taking the issue of energy poverty seriously,\u201d said Seiji Okada, Japan\u2019s ambassador for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Japan has joined Power Africa, an initiative President Obama announced in 2013. Japan has committed to bring 1,200 megawatts of power online. As part of its agreement, Japan will work with African governments to develop renewable geothermal power, which is heat derived from the Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[228,95],"content_type":[],"series":[222],"yst_prominent_words":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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