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West Africa is on the move and brimming with opportunities. But countries in the region cannot prosper without access to reliable and affordable energy to power industries, support digitalization, and enable good-paying jobs. Through the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP), the World Bank is helping facilitate regional power trade among countries in the region. This will provide the region with cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable electricity generated from renewable sources across borders.
West Africa is looking to increase its energy security, by creating a regional electricity market to facilitate regional trade in power, and in doing so, provide incentives to increase the supply of power and its security going forward.
At present, only around a third of people have direct access to electricity in the region. Giving more people access to power will offer economic opportunities and development for all.