Africa: 17 Countries Commit to Concrete Plans to Scale Up Electricity Access As Mission 300 Expands

Africa: 17 Countries Commit to Concrete Plans to Scale Up Electricity Access As Mission 300 Expands

Press Release - 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.

Gambia Launches National Energy Compact

The Gambia officially launched its National Energy Compact on 24 September 2025, marking a major milestone in the country’s pursuit of universal electricity access. The launch took place at the Mission 300 (M300) Africa Energy Summit in New York, held alongside the United Nations General Assembly. According to a press release from the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy, and Mines, the National Energy Compact outlines The Gambia’s ambitious plan to en…

17 countries join Malawi in energy compact

Seventeen African governments have joined Malawi in committing to reforms and investment plans to expand electricity access under Mission 300, a World Bank and African Development Bank initiative that aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030. The new commitments—announced on Tuesday at the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum in New York—bring the number of countries with endorsed National Energy Compacts to 29. Malawi was am…

Ethiopia Joins Mission 300 Initiative to Scale Up Electricity Access – Ethiopian Monitor

Ethiopia and sixteen other African countries have committed to reforms and actionable plans to expand electricity access under the Mission 300 initiative led by the World Bank Group (WBG) and African Development Bank (AfDB) Group . The joint initiative – backed by a coalition of multilateral lenders, governments, and private investors – aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030. Seventeen countries endorsed committed to Nationa…

17 African nations back Mission 300 to fast-track electricity access Business Hallmark

Seventeen African countries have committed to reforms and investment plans to accelerate electricity access under Mission 300, a joint initiative of the World Bank Group and African Development Bank (AfDB) aimed at connecting 300 million Africans to power by 2030. The announcement was made on Friday at the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum in New York, […] The post 17 African nations back Mission 300 to fast-track electricity access first ap…

17 countries commit to plans to scale up electricity access as Mission 300 expands - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

Seventeen African governments on Friday, September 26, 2025, 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. At the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum, national Energy Compacts – practical blueprints that guide public spending, trigger reforms,…