Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called ...

The World Bank Group and the AfDB have pledged a combined donation of $48 billion to provide electricity to 300 million ...

World Bank President Ajay Banga said boosting access to electricity is the key to unlocking the demographic dividend in the ...

African heads of state, business leaders, and development partners will converge tomorrow in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the ...

With contributions from the World Bank, African Development Bank, Rockefeller Foundation and others, the initiative seeks to ...

The World Bank and the African Development Bank, supported by a host of other partners, have launched Mission 300, an ...

Africa's development bank is proposing a new 'gold standard' style currency arrangement backed by critical minerals such as ...

The World Bank Group has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling Africa’s energy deficit, aiming to provide electricity to half of ...

In announcing a $35 billion program to bring inexpensive solar power to some 300 million Africans, officials left out two words: climate change.

World Bank President Ajay Banga said boosting access to electricity is the key to unlocking the demographic dividend in the ...

A coalition of leading African civil society groups called on the World Bank to exit its investments in for-profit hospitals, ...