EDSA Secures More Funding Under Enhancing Sierra Leone Energy Access Project

The Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) has received additional financing under the Enhancing Sierra Leone Energy Access Project (ESLEAP).

“The World Bank approved additional financing (AF) in the form of an IDA grant of $13 million,” Sierra Leone’s Energy Ministry said.

The total for the project is expected to be 63 million US Dollars.

The Ministry said the project will address the impact of the geopolitical developments in Ukraine. They said the projects will also address and mitigate the rising cost of electricity in the country due to the protracted effect of the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

Part of the project earlier in May this year, saw the UNOPS through the Ministry of Energy (MoE) signed an agreement with the World Bank to implement a $12.7m project with the aim to increase rural electricity access through mini-grids and standalone home systems in Sierra Leone.

The project is expected to also generate a total of 2.8 Megawatts of solar power system capacity for Moyamba, 500 schools, 200 health facilities and 3,000 households.

Although access to electricity has increased in the past five years, the majority of rural Sierra Leone cannot access electricity.

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Lance | 2023-09-15 16:51:18

Lol Let them pay first the $45million they're owing Kargo Ship's
Alhassan Ernest | 2023-09-15 15:49:04

For we Eastern up the hills, it's only at night they give us light, Is like we are not part of the city. We pray for the 24 hrs light to become true.
Joseph Osman Jalloh | 2023-09-15 13:47:53

EDSA can't give light for complete ten hours without interruption, let alone twenty -four hours. I think EDSA is doing business with the Chinese, because their inability to sustain the light is making Chinese light to sell more and costly.
| 2023-09-15 13:05:16

We're strongly praying for its reflection to the poor people. May the Lord help the minister to ensure that we now have a constant supply of light
Ibrahim s sesay | 2023-09-15 11:45:21

After so many years of suffering for electricity for more than 2 decades and yet there is no improvement still the what makes it even worse is this month September an opposite too much of blackout 🙃 😅 😫 😑
| 2023-09-15 10:58:20

😂😂😂😂😂 We don use to blackout
| 2023-09-15 10:51:28

We Taya with such press releases we never see changes...we are paying our bills but we never get the satisfaction...it a totally day light rubbery