World Bank President Ajay Banga said boosting access to electricity is the key to unlocking the demographic dividend in the ...

Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called ...

International lenders have pledged an additional $8 billion to support a $48 billion World Bank and African Development Bank ...

With contributions from the World Bank, African Development Bank, Rockefeller Foundation and others, the initiative seeks to ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank have committed a combined $40 billion to the ambitious “Mission 300” ...

African leaders gathered in Daar es Salaam, Tanzania together with officials from the World Bank, the African Development ...

The World Bank 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 ...

The World Bank Group has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling Africa’s energy deficit, aiming to provide electricity to half of ...

Heads of State Commit to Concrete Plans to Transform Africa’s Energy Sector, with Strong Backing from Global Partners ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said his country will contribute €1 billion euros ($1.04 billion) to a World Bank-backed ...

The World Bank Board of Direc­tors has approved a $1.6 billion landmark invest­ment programme to bolster regional power ...

Nigeria's central bank expects the economy to expand by 4.17% this year, Governor Olayemi Cardoso said on Thursday, driven by ...