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Climate change, global financial shocks and growing food insecurity are threatening Africa, the world’s fastest-growing continent and hampering achievement of global development goals. To tackle these challenges and speed up...
The African Development Bank, the World Bank and other partners have launched an audacious bid to improve electricity access to over 300 million Africans. Despite immense strides made in recent...
A major initiative to bring electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030 has commenced, backed by an initial pledge of $30 billion from the World Bank and the African Development...
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Soon to be the world’s largest workforce, Africans have an opportunity to transform their region into a global economic powerhouse—provided they have access to modern power. Currently, about...
At the 2024 Spring Meetings, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga announced an ambitious commitment to bring energy access to 300 million people in Africa by 2030, in partnership with...