The African Development Bank has asked financial management specialists to submit expressions of interest for two parts of its Desert-to-Power initiative, which aims to deploy 10 GW of solar by 2030 in the Sahel region.

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A tender has opened requesting expressions of interest from financial management specialists to support the African Development Bank’s flagship Desert-to-Power initiative, which is being implemented by the Ecowas Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE).

The Desert-to-Power initiative, which first launched in 2018, aims to deploy 10 GW of solar by 2030 across 11 countries, providing access to around 250 million people through a combination of on-grid and off-grid solutions. The first phase of the program targets Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.

ECREEE is looking for a financial management specialist to…