Africa: World Bank Provides U.S.$200 Million to Help Increase Access to Electricity in W/Africa, the Sahel Region

[Observer] The Board of the World Bank Group approved on April 17, 2019 the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP), a press release from the World Bank has said. The ROGEP includes US$150 million in the form of credit and grant from the International Development Association (IDA) and $74.7 million contingent recovery grant from the Clean Technology Fund to help the West African Development Bank and ECOWAS' Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency expand off-grid access to electricity for populatio

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