Mission 300 Energy Summit: Africa’s Leaders Unite to Transform the Energy Sector

Tomorrow, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, will host the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, bringing together African heads of state, business leaders, and development partners to address Africa's energy access challenges. The goal? To provide reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030. This summit, held from January 27-28, 2025, marks an unprecedented collaboration between the African Development Bank, the World Bank Group, and global partners. With nearly 600 million Africans lacking electricity, this initiative aims to close the gap using innovative technology and financing. Key outcomes expected: The Dar es Salaam Energy Declaration: A roadmap of commitments from African governments to reform the energy sector. National Energy Compacts: Country-specific plans from 12 nations, including Chad, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tanzania, detailing targets and timelines for critical reforms. With over 1,000 participants—including private-sector leaders—the summit seeks to forge partnerships and catalyze progress toward universal energy access, unlocking development opportunities and creating jobs across the continent. Join the conversation on Twitter: #PoweringAfrica
January 26, 2025

African heads of state, business leaders, and development partners will converge tomorrow in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit where they will commit to ambitious reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to 300 million people in Africa by 2030.

Mission 300 is an unprecedented collaboration between the African Development Bank, the World Bank Group, and global partners to address Africa’s electricity access gap using new technology and innovative financing. Nearly 600 million Africans lack electricity, which is crucial for development and job creation.

Several heads of state and government from Africa will join more than 1,000 other participants—with strong representation from the private sector—at the January 27-28 summit. Together, they will chart Africa’s course toward universal access to energy.

This week’s summit is expected to yield two significant outcomes: the Dar es Salaam Energy Declaration, outlining commitments and practical actions from African governments to reform the energy sector, and the first set of National Energy Compacts, which will serve as blueprints with country-specific targets and timelines for implementation of critical reforms.

In the first phase, 12 countries will present their energy compacts: Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia. Other African countries are expected to develop their compacts in subsequent phases.

The partnerships forged and commitments made by the continent’s leaders and changemakers gathering in Dar es Salaam this week will shape the continent’s journey toward achieving universal energy access, transforming millions of lives, and driving sustainable development and job creation.

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