Several energy projects in sub Saharan Africa, either under way or proposed by governments or private sector companies, are set to benefit from US Senate passage last month of the Electricity Africa Act of 2015.
The legislation focuses on ways the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Trade and Development Agency, Overseas Private Investment Corp. and the Millennium Challenge Corp. can boost their role in the generation and supply of new, clean electricity in the region. The projects include those under President Obama’s Power Africa Initiative that targets generation of 30 gigawatts of additional electricity tby 2030.