US presidency backs Bots, Nam power deal

Friday, April 30, 2021

Coming soon: The Mega Solar project will light up the region FILE: PIC

The Biden administration in the United States has thrown its weight behind Botswana and Namibia’s plan to develop a 5,000-megawatt solar energy project to feed both countries and also for sale in the region.

Last week, the US State Department’s Africa Bureau announced that the Biden-Harris administration had selected the Botswana, Namibia solar partnership as a project to support. The announcement was made at Biden’s two-day Leaders Climate Summit held last week and bringing together 40 Heads of State to commit to various climate-related goals.

Botswana, Namibia, the African Development Bank, as well as the International Finance Corporation and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, signed a Memorandum of Intent towards the project earlier this month.

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