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The state put up land and security instead of cash and took a 10 per cent share of a plant it could not afford to fund. The deal shows how Nigerian states are moving into power generation, though the plant's first task is to feed an industrial park, not the grid.

A 13-megawatt array now floats on the Oued Rmel reservoir near Tanger Med, generating electricity for the port while shading the water beneath it. In a country deep in drought, a power plant that also curbs evaporation is more than a novelty.

The government is preparing funding proposals to draw investment into electric cooking, hoping to move millions off firewood and charcoal. The ambition runs into a stubborn fact: around 167 million people still lack access to clean cooking,

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