AfDB, World Bank commit $40 billion to expand Africa’s energy access

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina (left), and the President of the World Bank Group, Ajay Banga (right), exchange an agreement between the two institutions to implement Agenda 300. This took place during the African Heads of State Summit on Energy, held today in Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | SUNDAY GEORGE.

What you need to know:

  • The lack of clean cooking solutions affects more than one billion people on the continent, disproportionately impacting women and children.