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Beneath the rift: How Kenya turned underground heat into an economic advantage, and what East Africa can learn

Every industrial revolution has had its defining source of energy. Britain’s factories were powered by coal. The Gulf transformed itself through oil. Norway built prosperity on hydropower. Kenya may have found its long-term competitive advantage in something far older than…

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