NEWS

Kenya is accelerating efforts to achieve universal energy access by 2030 under its Mission 300 National Energy Compact, which aims to increase electricity access from 75% to 100%, achieve universal access to clean cooking, increase renewable energy capacity from 2.627 MW to 5.952 MW, develop an additional 8,000 km of transmission lines, and mobilise greater private sector investment across the energy sector.

To this end, on 8-9 July 2026, the Government of Kenya, the African Development Bank Group (the Bank Group) convened a two-day Compact Implementation Support Workshop, facilitated by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), marking a significant step in translating Kenya’s Mission 300 National Energy Compact into coordinated, measurable delivery.

Mission 300, a joint initiative of the African Development Bank Group and the World Bank Group, with the Rockefeller Foundation, SEforALL and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, aims to connect an additional 300 million people to electricity across Africa by 2030. National Energy Compacts and Compact Delivery and Monitoring Units (CDMU) anchor delivery of the initiative at country level.

The workshop brought together Kenya's CDMU and responsible government institutions, development partners and private sector representatives to review reform actions, implementation bottlenecks, financing needs, monitoring arrangements and technical assistance requirements. Participants also reviewed Kenya’s evolving project pipeline and agreed foundations of the country's 12-month workplan.

Supported by the Bank Group’s Africa Energy Sector Technical Assistance Program, the workshop focused on developing Kenya’s Compact Implementation Support Document (CISD) –  a country-owned implementation tool that translates compact commitments into priority reforms, clear institutional responsibilities, technical-assistance and financing needs, monitoring arrangements, risk-mitigation measures and a sequenced 12-month implementation workplan.