Well I actually lived in sub Saharan Africa for quite a while, in different countries, never saw anything even close to your contention.
You folks are missing something(again). Solar is sexy-get it? It’s clean like showering before sex. Suburban housewives. Don’t point out mathematical facts to them-they buy into global warming. These soccer moms are led to believe the democrats care more about their kids than the louse they married-enough to take their pants off in front of the Bill Clintons out there. We start out from behind on this one.
The best we can do is advocate ‘all of the above’ while pointing out the truth about solar using whatever cliches these soccer moms can swallow. There are enough ‘simplified facts’ in our favor. Use them.
There were several documentaries on TV a few years back that showed how bad the conditions were. Must not had been in the parts where you lived.
Perhaps they were a pick and chose by the show producers, I have no idea. But other than your experience I have seen nor read anything to contradict.