U S senate Introduces Energize Africa Act

The US Senate has introduced a bipartisan Energize Africa Act today. The bill is similar to the Electrify Africa Act, which passed the US House overwhelmingly in May. Both pieces of legislation aim to help African governments bring electricity access to 50 million people for the first time.
Reacting to the introduction of the bill, Tom Hart, US Executive Director of ONE, said: “We applaud Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Bob Corker (R-TN) for working together on a bill that not only promises to save and improve millions of lives, but offers a new way forward for assisting Africa – government working with private sector investment – at no cost to US taxpayers. We urge Senators from both parties to co-sponsor the legislation.