Electrifying Sierra Leone
Bringing electricity to his village for the first time, we speak with Jeremiah Thoronka in Sierra Leone about the challenges of energy inequality in the country. As a teenager, using kinetic energy, Jeremiah changed the lives of hundreds of people \u2013 we speak to them to talk about the difference between the two worlds \u2013 and why having more light often means more hours to earn money, in a country where economic success lags behind its neighbours. As three quarters of people in the world with no access to electricity live in Africa, UN energy representative Damilola Ogunbiyi explains why Africa energy poverty persists, despite some pockets of success, and answers why it takes \u2018heroes\u2019 like Jeremiah to change the lives of people, and why leaders should be stepping up.
(Image: Lightning storm approaches Freetown, Sierra Leone. Credit: Michael Duff / Getty Images)