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Five more African countries presented their plan to join “Mission 300,” a World Bank and African Development Bank initiative to bring electricity to half of the 600 million people without access to power on the continent by 2030.
Burundi, Ghana, Mozambique, Togo, and Zimbabwe shared details of how they would overhaul their electricity sectors at a meeting in London, as they seek to join the dozen countries who’ve already committed to reform their utilities, embrace renewable energy, and expand electricity connection targets.
It’s “a critical juncture” for driving investment into African energy, Frannie Léautier, a longtime development finance expert who is CEO of SouthBridge Investments, said at an ODI Global think tank event on Europe’s role in advancing Mission 300.
