Here's a comment on my previous post: "This usually isn't done on purpose. These are called "electrical blackouts" or "rolling blackouts" and it's because the electrical grid/infrastructure is terrible and not able to keep up with the demand for electricity, either in generation or more commonly due to not being able to keep up with grid regulation and power transmission. It's really the transmission that's the hard part, and the EXPENSIVE part.
Until Gabon's people and government put enough money and effort toward building proper infrastructure, it will continue to be a problem. The issue is that the people are poor and can't afford to invest more in the grid, and the Government might also be corrupt and is stealing funds that should have been ear-marked for the grid.
Once they fix their infrastructure properly, it will mostly cease. Like in Europe and in the USA and in Japan, etc... blackouts still happen but they are rare and they are quickly fixed. On an average day the power works 100% of the time."
Do people agree with it? If there are too much power outages in the other African countries as well, how should they fix it properly hoping that there will no longer be power outages frequently? I hope that if all African countries fix it, I hope Africa will be like America, Asia, Europe and Oceania in the context that blackouts should happen rarely(or even never).
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