World Bank, AfDB to provide 300 million Africans with electricity

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The World Bank Group (WBG) and African Development Bank (AfDB) Group are partnering to provide no fewer than 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030.

This is contained in a statement issued by the World Bank Online Media Centre, a copy made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday.

The statement said the WBG would work to connect 250 million people to electricity through distributed renewable energy systems or the distribution grid.

It said the AfDB Group on its path would support an additional 50 million people.

“Access to electricity is a fundamental human right and is foundational to any successful development effort.

“ Currently, 600…



Source: Nigerian Tribune