World Bank, AfDB connect 64 million Africans to electricity

By Francis Ntow, GNA Special Correspondent, BangkokBangkok, Oct 12, GNA – The World Bank Group and African Development Bank have connected a total of 64 million people to electricity, accelerating progress toward delivering power to 300 million Africans by 2030.

This is being achieved through their Mission 300 initiative, Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group said at a Civil Society Townhall forum, on the sidelines of the 81st International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group (WBG) annual meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday.“Through Mission 300, which is the effort to reach 300m people in Africa with the African Development Bank, we have reached 59 million people already,” he stated.