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In Nigeria’s oil birthplace, solar power sparks a new economy

The rusted derrick still stands as a monument to Nigeria’s energy sector, a subtle reminder of the day in 1956 when Shell geologists discovered the first commercial crude oil in this tiny village surrounded by mangroves, changing the course of Africa’s most populous economy for generations. For decades, billions of dollars’ worth of crude flowed […]

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