With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.
The World Bank Group works in every major area of development. We provide a wide array of financial products and technical assistance, and we help countries share and apply innovative knowledge and solutions to the challenges they face.
We face big challenges to help the world’s poorest people and ensure that everyone sees benefits from economic growth. Data and research help us understand these challenges and set priorities, share knowledge of what works, and measure progress.
Scaling Up Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa
PRESS RELEASE | APRIL 17, 2024
New Partnership Aims to Connect 300 Million to Electricity by 2030
Access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy is an imperative for transforming Africa and unleashing the opportunities, investments, innovations, and new industries that are the engines of jobs, inclusive growth, and shared prosperity for communities and economies.
It plays a crucial role in adaptation and resilience by improving the functionality of critical emergency services, such as hospitals and shelters, and promoting climate-resilient agriculture via solar irrigation systems, refrigeration, and food processing facilities. It is also key to enabling broadband connections to communities and businesses, providing clean and safe drinking water, and the construction of climate-resilient infrastructure.
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Energy is at the heart of development. Energy makes possible the investments, innovations, and new industries that are the engines of jobs, inclusive growth, and shared prosperity for entire economies.
aims to provide the international community with a global dashboard to register progress on energy access, energy efficiency, renewable energy and international cooperation to advance SDG 7.
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