The Bible says “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty” and in this case energy poverty as is the case of the
West Africa Power Pool (WAPP), a specialized agency of ECOWAS established in 1999 and officially set up in 2006 to devise and strategically drive infrastructure development for the production and transportation of electrical energy while coordinating the exchange of electrical energy among member states.
Touted as one of the regions with highest energy poverty rates, only 52 percent of West Africa's population currently has access to electricity. For those who have access to it, the reliability of supply remains a major challenge, characterized by prolonged outages, unexpected power outages, the destruction of household appliances and electrical equipment.
This blog highlights the evolution of the West Africa Power Pool and the Bank’s support in its soft infrastructure
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