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AfDB approves Grant to kick start Desert to Power Programme in Africa

by Jiata Ekele
September 12, 2025
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The African Development Bank (AfDB), through its Desert to Power initiative and a $6 million grant, is expected to transform the Sahel by tapping into the region’s abundant solar potential.

The Board of Directors of the AfDB approved a $6 million grant to launch the initial phase of the Desert to Power West Africa Regional Energy Program. Desert to Power, an initiative led by the Bank, is expected to transform the Sahel by harnessing the region’s abundant solar potential.

The grant funding, sourced from the African Development Fund’s 15 (ADF-15) Regional Operations Envelope, will go to the West African Power Pool (WAPP) to conduct pre-feasibility studies for the construction of the Sahel Transmission Backbone that will link regional solar parks in all five countries.

The Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) will also receive financing to expand decentralised energy systems as part of an ECOWAS Regional Mini-Grid Program.

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The approval of funding by the AfDB represents a concrete step towards leveraging the solar potential of the Sahel region. The financing will also help de-risk energy investments by preparing transmission infrastructure to link countries in the Sahel region and harness a larger share of electricity from solar power.

This is expected to pave the way for power trading on a regional electricity market. The G5 Sahel countries are Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger.

“The Sahel Backbone is synonymous with the West African Power Pool’s drive to reinforce interconnectivity among the ECOWAS national power systems, increase coverage area beyond the ECOWAS geographical space and augment the component of renewable energy within the energy mix,” the Secretary General of the West African Power Pool, Siengui Apollinaire Ki said.

He added: “The approval of funding by the African Development Bank represents a concrete step towards leveraging the solar potential of the Sahel region.”

Bah F. M. Saho, acting Executive Director of ECREEE, said: “The funding for the Desert to Power initiative will allow ECREEE to upscale efforts on clean energy mini-grids and improve the availability of locally qualified personnel through the certification of technicians.”

The West Africa Regional Program will contribute to the overall target of 10,000MW of new solar generation capacity, providing electricity access to 250 million people by 2030.

“As the regional roadmap for Desert to Power takes shape, this program comes as a timely enabler for concerted and large-scale solar energy deployments in the G5 Sahel region, and it will help accelerate the energy transition,” said Dr. Daniel Schroth, acting Bank Director for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.

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Jiata Ekele is a Staff Writer at the Africa Climate Reports (ACR).

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