This activity (InfraCo Africa Development is a facility of the Private Infrastructure Development Group and has been designed to assume the risks and costs of early-stage project development in lower income countries in Africa) is a component of Second phase of DFID's Support to the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG). reported by FCDO, with a funding type of 'Multilateral organisation' and a budget of £43,780,000.

Since 2014, Power Africa is making a difference across all sectors, from health and education, to gender and agriculture. As of July 31, 2019, 56 of Power Africa’s 124 financially closed projects are up and running and turning more Lights On by producing 3,486 MW of new electricity that transforms businesses, economies, and livelihoods. More than 68 million people in sub-Saharan Africa now have first-time access to electricity thanks to the 14.8 million new home and business connections facilitated by Power Africa support.

The Energy Utility Partnership Program (EUPP) is a cooperative initiative between the United States Energy Association and the United States Agency for International Development under the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment (E3). EUPP works around the world to promote energy security, clean energy access, and capacity building to achieve self-reliance. 

The EUPP team strengthens the capacity of utility executives and employees in USAID-assisted countries to:

The development objective of the Energy Service Improvement Project for Benin is to improve power utility operational performance; expand electricity access in targeted areas; and promote community-based management of forest resources. The project comprises of four components. The first component, improvement of SBEE’s commercial performance will help SBEE reduce commercial losses and adopt a customer-oriented perspective. The second component, distribution

The Access to Energy Fund (AEF) is a fund managed by the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) on behalf of the Dutch government that supports private sector projects aimed at providing longterm access to energy services. The fund supports energy generation, transmission and distribution projects in developing countries and focuses on sustainable energy solutions. Our main fossil fuel sources – oil, coal and gas – are finite natural resources, and we are depleting them at a rapid rate. Climate change has become a reality and is changing our future.