17 Countries Commit to Concrete Plans to Scale Up Electricity Access as Mission 300 Expands

NEW YORK, September 24, 2025—Seventeen African governments today committed to reforms and actionable plans to expand electricity access as part of Mission 300—an ambitious partnership led by the World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group that aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030.

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World Bank Group, African Development Bank initiative could halve the number of people in Africa living without electricity access

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2024 – The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group are partnering on an ambitious effort to provide at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030.

The World Bank Group will work to connect 250 million people to electricity through distributed renewable energy systems or the distribution grid while the African Development Bank Group will support an additional 50 million people.

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