Bloomberg: Trump USAID cuts hit electricity programme in Africa

February 26, 2025 By: Alfred0 comments

<p><img src=”https://biz-file.com/c/2502/766077-240×135.jpg?5″ width=”240″ height=”135″ alt=”Power officials stand on ladders to fix electric cables along a road in Egbeda district in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos. Source: Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye” align=”left”><br><span >Power officials stand on ladders to fix electric cables along a road in Egbeda district in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos. Source: Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye&lt;/span><p>An initiative by the United States to increase electricity supply in Africa has been dismantled by US President Donald Trump’s administration after more than a decade of work, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Almost all of Power Africa’s programmes have been listed for termination and the majority of its staff fired, the report added, citing unnamed sources.</p><br> <a href=”https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/bloomberg-trump-usaid-cuts-hit-electricity-programme-in-africa-032475a”>Read more…</a> | <a href=”https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=255657″>Send to a friend</a></p><div style=”clear:left”></div>