COMESA, World Bank launch project to accelerate access to energy in Africa

LUSAKA, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), a regional economic community, launched a project on Tuesday aimed at accelerating access to energy across the eastern and southern African regions.

The Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation initiative targets to deliver new electricity connections to 100 million people over the next seven years. The