Notes on energy: power as the precondition
Before a factory can scale, the lights have to stay on.
Draft. Highlighted markers show where figures will be added once sourced. No numbers have been estimated.
Access to electricity in Malawi stands at [data point to be sourced], and supply for productive users can be unreliable.
For manufacturers and processors, unreliable power means lost output, damaged equipment and spending on backup generation.
We see energy not only as a sector in its own right, but as an enabler for every other sector we back.