Ecowas grants for Gambia, Mali, Sierra Leone


Issue 271 - 14 Feb 2014 | 1 minute read

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has signed grant agreements for Gambia, Mali and Sierra Leone under the Emergency Regional Programme for Improved Electricity Supply Facility. Gambia will receive $31.9m, Mali $54.34m and Sierra Leone $21.8m. Ecowas commission chairman Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo said the support, granted in response to requests from the three countries, would ensure uninterrupted power supply by 2015. All three countries need to improve transmission infrastructure to benefit from the development of the West African Power Pool.

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