Plan to get electricity to more Africans wins $8B in new pledges

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan talks with her Kenyan counterpart William Ruto as they attend the Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Jan. 28, 2025.

An initiative to connect 300 million Africans to electricity in the next six years has won new pledges worth more than $8 billion from lenders including the Islamic Development Bank and the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank.