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Trump ends US initiative to boost electricity access in Africa

2025-02-24T182916Z_1624188578_RC251DA8O0J5_RTRMADP_3_USA-FRANCE

US President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 24, 2025. 

Photo credit: Reuters

By  Reuters

What you need to know:

  • The Trump administration has dismantled the Power Africa initiative, which aimed to increase access to electricity in Africa, after more than a decade of operation. 

An initiative by the United States to increase electricity supply in Africa has been dismantled by US President Donald Trump's administration after more than a decade of work, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Almost all of Power Africa's programs have been listed for termination and the majority of its staff fired, the report added, citing unnamed sources.

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