Africa is going through it's own revolution now, google some videos

I can't find them now, but there was an african chap making nice videos of how people lives and how they were using microgrids, local solar and how it help to improve people's lives

also the aspect of leapfrogging from national grids that require substancial goverment money to fund the infrastructure, (money that they don't have and those projects may take long time on underdeveloped areas) to personal and microgrids and the huge diference that makes having access to free energy with very low cost infrastructure, i.e enough to power basic needs, a radio, tv, phone charging and extend ligh hours

As well as the ability to deploy it at remote areas