Representatives of several donor organisations ended a two-day meeting in Lome on Tuesday with a timetable for implementing a 90-billion-franc CFA (US $13.8 million) power project aimed at linking Benin and Togo, PANA reported.
The meeting was attended by delegates from the World Bank, the European Investment Bank, French Development Agency, Nordic Fund and the Kuwaiti Fund.
The project aims to connect the electricity grids in the northern parts of Togo and Benin to provide affordable electricity to both countries. Togo and Benin are already partners in the energy sector.
On 13 March, the energy ministers of Ghana and Nigeria recommended at a meeting in Abuja a speedy connection between West Africa’s power supply grids beginning with Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo.
The proposed interconnection is part of an ECOWAS energy master plan that includes a call for the common exploitation of energy resources among the 16 member states.
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