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The French gas company Engie has bought Fenix, a provider of solar panels to communities in Uganda and Zambia, a move that highlights the growing market in off grid electricity in Africa. The Chief Executive of Engie Africa, Bruno Bensasson, tells the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Russell Padmore about the economic advantages of bringing power to 600 million people in rural areas, who may never get connected to the grid. (Picture: Installing solar power panels in rural Africa. Getty Images.)