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UK announces $4 million to support East African electricity trade

KROV newsroom

12 Nov 2026, 2:59 am IST1 min read

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The United Kingdom announced US$4 million in new support to strengthen the East Africa Power Pool, which helps countries in the region trade electricity. Britain and Brazil reported the commitment in a November 10 update at the COP31 climate talks in Türkiye.

According to the update, the funding will go through the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, known as ESMAP, under the World Bank Group’s RETRADE-East Africa programme. It is intended to help develop rules for more cross-border electricity trade and support greater investment in the region’s transmission network.

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Credit: UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, GOV.UK (Crown copyright) · Summarised/translated by KROV · Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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