Mission 300

Mission 300 is now delivering electricity access at nearly double the pace recorded at the initiative’s launch — proof that coordinated action can drive large-scale change CAPE TOWN, June 16, …

The setting is Odighi – a village in Southwest Nigeria. It seems like yesterday—walking barefoot along winding narrow footpaths lined with shrubs, damp with early morning dew brushing cold and …

CAPE TOWN, June 16, 2026 — The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank Group announced today that Mission 300 has connected over 50 million people to electricity across 40 countries — …

On the sidelines of the 2026 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund, the Office of the Executive Director for the Africa Group II …

Launched in 2019, the Malawi Electricity Access Project expanded grid connections and scaled private-sector-led solar home systems to bring electricity to nearly two million people — far exceeding its target …

Every spark of metal used to come at a price Muhammed Kandeh could barely afford. As a young welder in Jah Kunda — a small off-road village in the Upper …

WASHINGTON, January 22, 2026—The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors has endorsed a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Mozambique for the period 2026 to 2031. As Mozambique confronts the …