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Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
68 words
- Many people in Sub‑Saharan Africa lack electricity at home.
- AI needs steady electricity to work well.
- Many villages have power only sometimes or never.
- Phone and network connections are often slow or cut.
- Slow connections make AI tools hard to use.
- Mobile data can cost a large part of pay.
- Schools and clinics often do not have internet access.
- Solar systems give light but not big computers.
Difficult words
- electricity — power for lights, machines, and devices
- steady — continuous and not changing much
- connection — link that lets devices join the internetconnections
- clinic — small health centre for basic careclinics
- solar system — panels and batteries that use sunlightSolar systems
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Discussion questions
- Do you have electricity at home?
- Does your school have internet?
- Do you use mobile data on your phone?
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