• Global leaders align support for the World Bank Group (WBG) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) ambition to connect 300 million people in Africa to electricity by 2030.
• Bank Presidents share their vision for the initiative, Mission 300, that will connect close to half of the world's un-electrified population.
• Prime Minister of Tanzania announced the African Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, where African Heads of State, development partners, and private sector leaders will convene in January 2025.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- At the 79^th United Nations General Assembly and New York Climate Week, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet Leadership Council (GLC) convened three dozen leaders from government, development finance, the private sector, and philanthropy, to garner support and commit resources to accelerate Mission 300, a broad partnership led by the World Bank Group (WBG) and African Development Bank (AfDB) to connect 300 million people in Africa to electricity by 2030. During the convening, AfDB President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, and WBG President, Ajay Banga, addressed world leaders for the first time since they launched the initiative in April during the World Bank Spring Meetings.

GLC Co-chairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway, and Rajiv Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation, called on members to mobilize support and shared new commitments of their own. The Government of Norway endorsed Mission 300, and committed to supporting the acceleration of investment in renewable energy, including through a new state guarantee mechanism, existing collaboration with the World Bank and the African Development Bank and by advocating for a robust IDA21 replenishment. Meanwhile, The Rockefeller Foundation, GEAPP, and SEforALL, announced an initial $10 million Technical Assistance Facility to support Mission 300 and kickstart an initial 15 projects in 11 countries.