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Mission 300: Powering Development in Sub-Saharan Africa | The Development Podcast
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Many of us take turning on a light switch or connecting our devices to a home Wi-Fi network for granted. If our phones need charging, we plug them in, if we want hot water we boil a kettle. These are things we don’t think about, because we don’t have to. But around 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa still live without access to electricity . In this episode of The Development Podcast , we look at Mission 300 , an ambitious plan from the World Bank Group and partners, which will link 300 million people to electricity by 2030 . Speakers Ajay Banga , President, World Bank Group Samia Suluhu Hassan , President of Tanzania Victoria Kwakwa , Regional Vice President for Eastern and Southern…