Connecting 300 million people to electricity and building a resilient future in Africa Celine RamsteinStéphane Hallegatte March 21, 2025 This page in: English © 2025 The World Bank Group

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/climatechange/connecting-300-million-people-to-electricity-and-building-a-resi?intcid=ecr_hp_sidekick2_en_ext One of the resounding messages of the recent Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit was that closing the energy-access gap—for electricity and clean cooking—is possible. This gap remains enormous in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in rural and isolated areas. Nearly 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa live without access to electricity, representing nearly 83% of the world’s unelectrified population. © 2025 The World Bank Group