Chinese state-owned company and Cooperative University enter deal to add 40MW solar power to Kenya’s national grid
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi said the move was in line with the country’s proposed infrastructure development plan that align seamlessly with its national priorities on affordable renewable energy, climate action, industrial skills development and the bottom-up economic transformation agenda whose implementation is planned to start this year.
As delegates gather in Addis Ababa for Africa Climate Summit, electricity to millions ranks top
The World Bank estimates that Central and West Africa have some of the world’s lowest electrification rates. In West Africa, where 220 million people have no electricity, the electrification rate is as low as 8 per cent.
