In Togo, the government of Faure Gnassingbé has announced its intention to electrify 14 rural areas of the country with off-grid solar energy. The move follows several other projects in the country with the aim of achieving 50% access to electricity in rural areas by 2030. A few months earlier, this institution financed the distribution of solar kits to 350 households in rural Togo. The project was implemented by the Togolese Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Agency. If achieved, this target would enable the country to raise the rural electrification rate of its isolated areas from 7% currently to 40% by 2022.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 18, 2019 16:07 UTC