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World Bank, AfDB in pact to connect 300m with electricity

 World Bank Group and the AfDB, together with partners, seeks to combine increased infrastructure investments with comprehensive policy reforms across the entire electricity supply chain. [Courtesy]

Access to electricity is essential for development.

Yet nearly 600 million Africans (about half of the continent’s population) lack this essential resource, accounting for 83 per cent of the global electricity access deficit.

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