ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — The World Bank has approved a 41-million dollar loan to finance electricity connection between neighbouring Ethiopia and Sudan, a statement said Friday.
The transmission line from the Ethiopian towns of Bahir-Dar and Metema to the Sudanese frontier to connect the countries’ grids will be funded by the bank’s International Development Association.
Only six percent of Ethiopia’s 77 million people have access to power, while just 22 percent of Sudanese have electricity.