May 07, 2025
Uganda: African Development Bank Approves $8.79 Million to Boost Clean Cooking in Uganda
The African Development Bank Group has recently approved $8.79 million in financing for the Uganda Biogas and Electric Cooking Project (UBEP), an ambitious initiative to expand… Read more »
April 03, 2025
Africa: 2025 Annual Meetings - Ten Years of Investments Have Connected Over 25 Million People to Electricity
"Africa is just tired of being in the dark ... We need to take Africa out of the darkness, period." Read more »
March 31, 2025
Southern Africa: Supporting Lesotho's Bold Plans for Sustainable Water and Energy Supply in Southern Africa - King Letsie III and Akinwumi Adesina Meet
The Kingdom of Lesotho, with support from the African Development Bank, is leveraging its abundant water and renewable energy resources to chart an ambitious path that will… Read more »
March 14, 2025
Eritrea: Desert to Power - The African Development Bank Group, Eritrea Sign Agreement for 12 Mw Mini-Grid Project
The African Development Bank Group and Eritrea have signed an agreement for $19.5 million in grant funding for the Desert to Power Eritrea 12MW Mini Grid Project. Read more »
March 03, 2025
Congo-Brazzaville: Congo - The African Development Bank and the Government Sign Deals to Improve People's Access to Electricity
The African Development Bank and the Republic of the Congo have signed two grant agreements totalling $1.5 million to strengthen the country's energy sector and improve people's… Read more »
March 01, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank Reiterates Commitment to Bold Action On Energy and Climate Finance At 2025 Finance in Common Summit
Energy access and sustainable finance took center stage at the 2025 Finance in Common Summit, where two roundtable discussions addressed critical financing gaps and highlighted… Read more »
February 20, 2025
Liberia: African Development Bank Group and European Union Improve Access to Electricity in Liberia
At Roberts International Airport in Monrovia, regular travellers have noted a quiet revolution: for the last several months, arriving and leaving airport buildings is suddenly a… Read more »
February 12, 2025
South Sudan: Uganda and South Sudan - African Development Fund Approves Financing of $153.66 Million for Electricity Interconnection Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved several loans and grants to Uganda and South Sudan to implement an electricity interconnection project between the… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank and Germany Announce Major Initiatives in Energy Access, Private Sector Development
Germany and the African Development Bank Group announced joint initiatives to accelerate energy access and private sector growth across Africa. The partnership, which was unveiled… Read more »
January 31, 2025
Africa: Mission 300 Energy Summit - A Watershed Moment for Africa's Energy Future
The just-concluded Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam marks a pivotal shift in how the continent approaches its energy crisis, from fragmented national efforts to a… Read more »
Africa: Mission 300 Energy Summit Highlights Mobilizing Power of Global Partnerships
Two panel sessions at the recently concluded Africa Energy Summit in Tanzania underscored the pivotal role bilateral and multilateral partnerships will play in accelerating the… Read more »
January 30, 2025
Africa: Mission 300 - African Leaders Pledge to Advance Clean Cooking Solutions for Africa At Milestone Energy Summit
African countries have taken bold commitments to implement clean cooking energy solutions to offset the devastating effects of open fire cooking which kills roughly 600,000 women… Read more »
January 29, 2025
Africa: Mission 300 - Africa Electricity Summit - Private Sector Seeks Role in Power Transmission and Distribution in Africa
Major investors called for Africa's energy transmission and distribution sector to be opened to private capital during the Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam. Read more »
Africa: Mission 300 - Significant New Donor Pledges in Support of the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Announced On Margins of the Africa Energy Summit
Denmark, the United Kingdom, Spain and France have unveiled new or additional contributions to the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, demonstrating strong support for the African… Read more »
Africa: African Guarantee Fund Launches $5 Billion Mission 300 Local Currency Guarantee Facility to Accelerate Energy Access Across Africa
The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) today announced the launch of its Mission 300 Local Currency Guarantee Facility, a groundbreaking initiative to mobilize $5 billion to support… Read more »
January 28, 2025
Africa: Africa Energy Summit, Leaders Commit to Energy Transformation With More Than $50billion Backing From Global Partners
Thirty African Heads of State and government today committed to concrete reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to power economic… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank and Kpmg Present New Financing Model to Leverage Africa's Mineral Wealth for Accelerated Energy Transition
The African Development Bank Group and international accounting organisation KPMG South Africa have launched a report setting out an innovative approach to mitigating the foreign… Read more »
Africa: African Ministers Welcome Bold Mission 300 Initiative to Expand Electricity Access
African energy and finance ministers welcomed an ambitious new partnership to transform the continent's power sector at the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam on… Read more »
January 27, 2025
Africa: Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit - Continent to Connect 300 Million to Electricity By 2030 in New Ambitious and Collaborative Initiative
Connecting 300 million Africans to electricity within the next five years is within reach through collaborative effort and commitment to implementation, participants at the Africa… Read more »
January 25, 2025
Africa: Lighting Up Africa - The Transformative Power of Mission 300
Across Africa, nearly 600 million people live in energy poverty, deprived of reliable access to electricity--a fundamental prerequisite for modern life. This staggering statistic… Read more »
January 24, 2025
Africa: International Day of Clean Energy January 26th - African Development Bank Promotes Women's Empowerment Through Sustainable Energy Business Development
When Grace Akingurwaruh signed up to become a seller of coal-efficient, improved-cooking stoves, she had no idea that she'd be successful enough to purchase her first smartphone -… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Power Revolution - Mission 300 to Light Up Continent's Future
In a continent where millions of homes are still shrouded in darkness each night, a groundbreaking initiative is sparking hope. Next week, African and global changemakers will… Read more »
January 23, 2025
Togo: In Togo, Solar Energy Raises the Quality of Community Healthcare and Opens Up Opportunities for Small-Scale Farmers in Rural Areas
Night falls on the Batonou health center along the Mono River, which separates Togo from Benin. Victorine Massegbe Ablavi, nurse, midwife and head of the Peripheral Care Unit, is… Read more »
January 17, 2025
Africa: Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit to Concretize Efforts to Connect 300 Million Africans to Energy By 2030
In a bold step to address Africa's persistent energy crisis, the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank Group will convene an Africa Energy Summit on January 27-28 to… Read more »
January 15, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank, Powergen, and Partners Launch Transformative Renewable Energy Platform to Scale Clean Energy Access Across the Continent
PowerGen Renewable Energy (PowerGen) has partnered with leading international investors to establish a scalable, distributed renewable energy platform targeting the deployment of… Read more »
