Thirty African Heads of State and governments today committed to concrete reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to power economic growth, improve ...

African heads of state, business leaders, and development partners will converge tomorrow in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the ...

SUVA, January 24, 2025 – A new World Bank project will strengthen the resilience of four major bridges on the main island of Viti Levu in Fiji against natural hazards and climate change benefiting ...

Ethiopia has made significant progress in energy access in recent years; however, despite a 94% electrification rate in urban ...

Global growth is expected to hold steady at 2.7 percent in 2025-26. However, the global economy appears to be settling at a low growth rate that will be insufficient to foster sustained economic ...

With a national electricity access rate of 84%, Senegal is making progress towards universal energy access, yet more than 30 % of rural communities remain disconnected from the grid. As part of the ...

Tanzania’s Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth Project (‘REGROW’, or the ‘Project’) financed through a $150 million-equivalent credit from the International Development ...

Mission 300 is an initiative that aims to provide a reliable energy supply to 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. This initiative is one of the World Bank’s key priorities and will ...

Follow the journey of Terna and Aisha, two inspiring students whose lives have been profoundly impacted as they received hands-on training in renewable energy solutions. Discover how they plan to ...

The World Bank Group (WBG) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with partners, have launched an ambitious mission to connect 300 million people to electricity in Sub-Saharan ...