By Olawunmi Ashafa
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is set to host the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit in collaboration with the World Bank Group, the African Union (AU), and the Tanzanian government.
The bank said in a statement posted on its website that the summit, scheduled for Jan. 27 and Jan. 28, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, will bring together key stakeholders to address Africa’s critical electricity access challenges.
It said that the event would convene African heads of state, government officials, private sector leaders, development partners, civil society organisations and academics to advance the continent’s electrification agenda.
AfDB noted that central to the discussions would be the ambitious ‘Mission 300 plan’, a joint initiative by the bank and the World Bank launched in April 2024.
According to the bank, the initiative aims to connect 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa to electricity by 2030.
It added that, with nearly 600 million Africans…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria