Mission 300 will be a game changer for Kenya and Africa

High power voltage lines in Nairobi. Statistics from the Ministry of Energy show that Kenya has over the past three years increased power connection to 9,693,954 homes in 2024 from 8,919,584 homes in 2022. [File, Standard]

The World Bank in conjunction with African Development Bank are jointly involved in a monumental energy project dubbed Mission 300, an initiative whose principal purpose is to facilitate access to electricity to over 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.

The two multilateral institutions are seeking to leverage their lending abilities in promoting power projects jointly and supporting ongoing investments in the energy sector across the targeted countries in sub-Saharan Africa.