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"The sun has set in Tambacounda at 18:35 GMT on this twentieth day of October,
2023, but this regional capital in eastern Senegal has not been plunged into
darkness. Better still, the power generators of companies, hotels, and shops
have remained silent. This was not the case a mere four years ago in this
border region of Mali, Mauritania, and The Gambia.
“It was a nightmare, for the entire country!” recalls Thiédel Diallo, the Mayor
of Goudiry since about three decades.
The situation was just as bad for businesses. “In 2018, Sodefitex (a textile
company) operated its generators for a total of 704 hours to keep all its
factories up and running at considerable cost to the company,” remembers Sadio
Sèye, the company’s Operations Director. “When we were lucky, the power outages
would last only three or four hours a day. Otherwise, we could spend an entire
day doing nothing,” notes Abdoul Aziz Makharera, the 29-year-old owner of the
Daba carpentry.
The “nightmare” is now just a distant memory that has faded with the
construction of a high-voltage and advanced power network that now provides a
continuous supply of electricity.
Just like the brand new Jollof Chicken restaurant, which is always full, new
businesses have emerged all along the road through Tambacounda to Kidira, near
the Malian border. These companies can now count on a steady and reliable
supply of electricity to support their businesses and to run their households."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
