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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Perspectives and opinions shaping Africa¡¯s energy future. Speech | January 28, 2025 Remarks by World Bank Group President Ajay Banga at the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit Press Release | January 28, 2025 Heads of State Commit to Concrete Plans to Transform Africa¡¯s Energy Sector, with Strong Backing from Global Partners Blog | January 28, 2025	SUMMIT DOCUMENTS Key declarations and detailed plans by country. Government-led plans to expand energy access with ambitious targets.

Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical for powering Africa, transforming economies, and reaching people¡¯s development aspirations. It is at the heart of our mission to achieve a world free of poverty on a livable planet.

Å·ÃÀÈÕb´óƬ Group is partnering with the African Development Bank and other partners on Mission 300, an ambitious initiative to connect 300 million people to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. Mission 300 aims to accelerate the pace of electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa while ensuring that the transition to more diversified and cleaner sources of energy meets growing demand, brings economic growth, and creates jobs. Efforts are also focused on investing in generation, transmission, distribution, regional interconnection, and sector reform to ensure quality, reliability, and affordability of power supply.

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