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Press Releases
JANUARY 28, 2025
Heads of State Commit to Concrete Plans to Transform Africa’s Energy Sector, with Strong Backing from Global Partners
JANUARY 25, 2025
Mission 300 Energy Summit to Gather Africa’s Leaders and Partners to Transform Energy Sector
JANUARY 24, 2025
Enhancing Regional Power Trade and Energy Access in West Africa
November 14, 2024
IFC Announces Support to Acumen’s Hardest-to-Reach Initiative to Boost Access to Clean and Affordable Energy in Africa
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
MIGA and ISA to Establish Trust Fund to Support Solar Projects
JUNE 13, 2024
MIGA Supports Rwanda's First Interconnected Grid Project
JUNE 12, 2024
Progress on basic energy access reverses for first time in a decade
MAY 6, 2024
World Bank Loan to Namibia Supports Renewable Energy Integration
APRIL 8, 2024
IFC and Standard Bank Partner to Support Renewable Energy and Affordable Housing in South Africa
APRIL 4, 2024
MIGA Supports Private Renewable Energy Trading Platform in Nigeria
APRIL 3, 2024
Energizing Ethiopia: New World Bank Program Expands Access to Electricity
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
TDB and the World Bank to Accelerate Access to Sustainable and Clean Energy in Africa
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
IFC and SIMA launch $150 million Solar Green Bond for African Solar Developers alongside Finland and GEAPP
JANUARY 31, 2024
COMESA and the World Bank Launch $50 Million Regional Platform to Overcome Hurdles to Accelerating Energy Access in Eastern and Southern Africa
DECEMBER 5, 2023
MIGA Partners with IRENA to Scale Up Renewable Energy Projects
DECEMBER 22, 2023
IFC Partners with FEI Fund to Boost Access to Clean and Reliable Energy in Africa
DECEMBER 20, 2023
IFC Partners with Scatec to Finance Botswana's First Utility Scale Renewable Independent Power Producer
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Nigeria to Expand Access to Clean Energy for 17.5 Million People
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Sierra Leone: World Bank Approves $65 Million to Support Macroeconomic Stability and Governance
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
100 Million People in Eastern and Southern Africa Poised to Receive Access to Sustainable and Clean Energy by 2030
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
IFC, AFDB and AMEA Power Introduce First Large-Scale Privately Financed Solar Project in Tunisia
Stories
JANUARY 27, 2025
Côte d’Ivoire Nears Universal Access to Electricity
JANUARY 24, 2025
Lighting Up Eastern Africa: How Greater Access to Energy is Creating Jobs and Improving Public Services in Rural Ethiopia
JANUARY 21, 2025
Bringing Light and Life to Rural Health Centers in Madagascar
JANUARY 16, 2025
Cameroon's journey toward affordable, reliable, and universal electricity access for all
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Five Ways the World Bank Group Will Achieve "Mission 300"
JUNE 20, 2024
Affordable Solar Power is Increasing Electricity Access for Malawi's Households
JUNE 20, 2024
Africa's Largest Mini-Grid to Provide Affordable and Sustainable Electricity in DRC
APRIL 4, 2024
Empowering a Remote Community in Mozambique
Videos
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Zambia Electricity Service Access Project
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
COP29 Fireside Chat: Accelerating Innovative Clean Energy Solutions
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Electricity: An essential engine for development in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Energy Access in Madagascar
JUNE 12, 2024
Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report 2024
APRIL 17, 2024
Access to Electricity: How Can Africa Power up Its Future?
APRIL 16, 2024
Let's Power up Africa | Spoken Word: Ghanaian Poet Nora Anyidoho on Access to Electricity
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Bringing Clean Energy to Somalia
JANUARY 31, 2023
Supporting Clean Energy Generation in West Africa
Events
JANUARY 28, 2025
WORLD BANK LIVE:The Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit
JANUARY 22, 2025
Civil Society Energy Dialogue
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Webinar - Power for Progress: How to scale up access to electricity in Africa
November 15, 2024
Mission 300: Bringing Electricity to 300 million Africans through Innovation and Partnerships
APRIL 17, 2024
Energizing Africa: What Will It Take to Achieve Universal Energy Access?
FEBRUARY 18, 2023
African Presidential Roundtable on Securing Africa’s Universal Energy Access
Blogs, Speeches & Podcasts
JANUARY 28, 2025
Remarks by World Bank Group President Ajay Banga at the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit
JANUARY 28, 2025
Unleashing opportunities for women in Africa with access to energy
JANUARY 27, 2025
How to close Africa's energy access gap
JANUARY 24, 2025
Mission 300 is not just a number | People First Podcast
JANUARY 23, 2025
IFC Audio Story - Mission 300: Powering Progress in Africa
JANUARY 21, 2025
A New Dawn for Electricity Access in Burundi?
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Empowering women in Zanzibar's energy sector: A journey of transformation to bridge the gender gap
OCTOBER 18, 2024
A Brighter Future: The Power of Energy Access to End Poverty
MAY 13, 2024
Rwanda can scale-up energy efficiency while accelerating energy access
APRIL 30, 2024
Thinking beyond the traditional power grid – making universal access to electricity by 2030 a reality
APRIL 19, 2024
Powering Africa: The Private Sector's Role in Africa’s Energy Transformation
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Lighting Up Africa: Nigeria Can Show the Way
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
How can we understand the impact of energy subsidies and their reform on households?
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Breathtaking Burundi: A land of promise
