The project is an initiative of the World Bank under the Regional Emergency Solar Power Intervention Project . It is a US$311 regional program supported by the World Bank to scale up electricity access to millions of existing and prospective consumers in Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo through rapid deployment of grid-connected renewable energy.
According to him, Africa will go nowhere if it cannot close the large infrastructure gap. He said, the World Bank has been instrumental in responding to this legacy challenge on the continent and encouraged the Bank to do more. Sierra Leone's Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, Sierra Leone was delighted to host the Inaugural Meeting of the Regional Technical Committee and RESPITE Coordination Unit.