We are here today to focus on one of the biggest hurdles to Africa's economic development: the fact that nearly 70 percent of Africans lack access to electricity.
Barack Obama: “We are here today to focus on one of the biggest hurdles to Africa's economic development: the fact that nearly 70…”
On the recordJuly 1, 2013
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Remarks at the Ubungo Symbion Power Plant in Dar es Salaam
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