Improved electricity access in Kenya
The Last Mile Connectivity Project has helped improve Kenya’s electricity access.
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Kenya, Nairobi: The Last Mile Connectivity Project has helped improve Kenya’s electricity access.
The second phase of the Last Mile Connectivity Project has helped improve access to electricity for at least 1.6 M people in Kenya, who now have access to power, according to the Project Completion Report published by the African Development Bank.
Funded with a $134.64 M loan from the African Development Bank Group, the project has added about 18,000 km of low-voltage lines to the distribution system, connecting approx. 22,279 households and small businesses to the national grid.
The project awarded contracts worth around $9.07 M to local electricity suppliers, boosting economic activities.
The project has improved living conditions and helped develop socio-economic activities in the beneficiary communities and spurred income-generating activities, helping to reduce poverty.
“Overall, despite the major challenges the country went through in 2017-2022, the project delivered almost all of the target outputs and outcomes, particularly those fundamental to the project’s development objective,” concludes the Project Completion Report.
Source: ESI Africa
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