9:49:06 AM Tue, May 22nd 2012

Biogas technology provides much needed energy for S Africa’s poor

Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from Cape Town, South Africa on a new biogas project that could do wonders for Africa’s Green agenda. It is cheap and it is green, but like many green technologies it may well end up being too costly to take off, especially across other parts of Africa where more pressing priorities exist. Government sunsidy of the initial cost of the quipment could be a good idea to encourage take up, but again as alluded to above that initial investment could pose a problem to .

What do you think? Do you think Africa is ready for such green technologies?