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MISSION 300 · AS OF 2026-10-31
Mission 300: what has turned into power
Independent tracker of the 36 national energy compacts, from AEI recordsMission 300, led by the World Bank and the African Development Bank, aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030. This page counts only what AEI can evidence in each compact country since its compact was presented: capacity reaching construction and operation, financial closes, and the payment security lenders need. Partner-reported connections are not counted here.
MW reaching construction
1,800
21 projectsFinancial closes
29
since the compactsPayment security
9 of 89
signed PPAs with evidenced securityBy compact country
since the compact was presented · verified = records backed by a primary or second source| Market | Compact | MW to operation | MW to construction | Closes | PPAs with security | Verified | Access pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tanzania | Cohort 1 2025-01-28 | 2,180 | 30 | 1 | 0 of 1 | 2% | No pace test |
 Nigeria | Cohort 1 2025-01-28 | 1,646 | 190 | 2 | 0 of 11 | 10% | Behind pace |
 Zambia | Cohort 1 2025-01-28 | 1,099 | 922 | 3 | 2 of 20 | 11% | Definitions differ |
 DR Congo | Cohort 1 2025-01-28 | 872 | 60 | 0 | 0 of 2 | 5% | Definitions differ |
 Ghana | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 257 | 100 | 0 | 0 of 0 | 10% | On pace |
 Mozambique | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 1 | 7% | Definitions differ |
 Ethiopia | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 154 | 0 | 1 | 0 of 5 | 13% | Definitions differ |
 Chad | Cohort 1 2025-01-28 | 125 | 30 | 2 | 0 of 1 | 0% | Definitions differ |
 Botswana | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 125 | 0 | 1 | 0 of 2 | 7% | Behind pace |
 C. African Rep. | Cohort 3 2026-06-16 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 0 | 29% | Behind pace |
 Kenya | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 0 of 4 | 14% | Behind pace |
 Burkina Faso | Cohort 3 2026-06-16 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 0 of 3 | 20% | Behind pace |
 Mauritania | Cohort 1 2025-01-28 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 1 of 5 | 13% | Behind pace |
 Uganda | Cohort 3 2026-06-16 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 0 | 8% | Behind pace |
 Burundi | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 1 | 20% | Definitions differ |
 Namibia | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 2 | 14% | Behind pace |
 Liberia | Cohort 1 2025-01-28 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 of 1 | 13% | Behind pace |
 Gabon | Cohort 3 2026-06-16 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 1 | 9% | Definitions differ |
 Côte d'Ivoire | Cohort 1 2025-01-28 | 59 | 50 | 6 | 1 of 6 | 13% | Definitions differ |
 Senegal | Cohort 1 2025-01-28 | 42 | 60 | 5 | 1 of 3 | 3% | Behind pace |
 Comoros | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 0 | 0% | Definitions differ |
 Sierra Leone | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 0 | 17% | Behind pace |
 Malawi | Cohort 1 2025-01-28 | 30 | 358 | 0 | 0 of 2 | 5% | Definitions differ |
 Zimbabwe | Cohort 2 2026-04-30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 of 5 | 8% | Definitions differ |
 Madagascar | Cohort 1 2025-01-28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 of 2 | 0% | Behind pace |
 Benin | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 of 2 | 14% | Definitions differ |
 Cameroon | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 1 | 0% | Behind pace |
 Djibouti | Cohort 3 2026-06-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 0 | 0% | No pace test |
 Gambia | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 of 1 | 0% | Behind pace |
 Guinea | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 2 | 0% | Behind pace |
 Lesotho | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 0 | 8% | Definitions differ |
 Niger | Cohort 1 2025-01-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 4 | 0% | Definitions differ |
 Congo | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 0 | 0% | Definitions differ |
 Rwanda | Cohort 3 2026-06-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 0 | 0% | Definitions differ |
 São Tomé | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 1 | 67% | Definitions differ |
 Togo | Cohort 2 2025-09-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 of 0 | 9% | Definitions differ |
How long promises take
from dated AEI records · low confidence where few deals are dated| Step | Typical (median) | Slow (75th percentile) | Dated deals |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPA to financial close | 13 months | 16 months | 6 |
| Financial close to commercial operation | 19 months | 26 months | 20 |
| Financial close to operation, solar | 17 months | 22 months | 16 |
Behind typical
projects waiting longer than 75% of comparable deals for their next milestone| Project | Waiting for | Since | Beyond the slow benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACWA Power 2 GW Hurghada Wind Project · 2,000 MW | financial close | 2025-02-18 | 5 months |
| Egypt 500 MW Wind Project · 500 MW | financial close | 2025-02-02 | 5 months |
| ACWA Power 442 MW Solar Project · 442 MW | financial close | 2023-12-20 | 19 months |
| Africa GreenCo & AXIAN Energy Solar Projects · 250 MW | financial close | 2025-07-02 | 0 months |
| Sahofika Hydropower Project · 205 MW | financial close | 2025-05-13 | 2 months |
| Qair El Khobna Solar · 198 MW | financial close | 2025-03-27 | 3 months |
| Volobe Hydroelectric Project · 120 MW | financial close | 2023-05-30 | 25 months |
| Sasol Secunda Wind Project · 110 MW | financial close | 2024-02-28 | 16 months |
| Qair Gafsa Solar · 100 MW | financial close | 2025-03-27 | 3 months |
| North Rumphi Hydropower Cascade · 51 MW | financial close | 2025-06-26 | 0 months |
| Corbetti Geothermal Project · 50 MW | financial close | 2020-04-01 | 63 months |
| Mzuzu University Solar Plant · 50 MW | financial close | 2025-06-16 | 1 months |
| Guinea 40 MW Solar Plant · 40 MW | financial close | 2021-05-27 | 50 months |
| Yellow Door / PPC C&I Solar PV Project · 20 MW | financial close | 2025-04-02 | 3 months |
| ACC Solar Power Plant (Phase 2) · 17.6 MW | financial close | 2025-03-17 | 4 months |
| Arabian Cement 17.6 MWp Solar Plant · 17.6 MW | financial close | 2025-03-01 | 4 months |
| Ethiopia National Smart Metering Deployment | financial close | 2025-04-05 | 3 months |
| Impala Refineries Renewable Energy Supply (Discovery Green) | financial close | 2025-01-28 | 5 months |
| KP Lime Bowden Mine Renewable Energy Supply (Discovery Green) | financial close | 2025-01-28 | 5 months |
| Scatec Solar + BESS Projects (1.1 GWh Storage) | financial close | 2022-06-06 | 37 months |
AEI-evidenced delivery in compact countries since each compact was presented; partner-reported connections are not counted. Lags use dated PPA, financial close and commercial operation records; a step needs at least 5 dated pairs. Access pace compares the World Bank access series with the compact target; no verdict where the compact baseline and the World Bank series differ by more than 5 points.