WAPP IC Ghana-Burkina Faso- Mali

The project consists of a regional power interconnection line of about 800 kilometers linking Tumu, northern Ghana, Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina) and Sikasso/Bamako (Mali). As other West African Power Pool (WAPP) power transmission projects, it aims at (i) providing people with more available, reliable and affordable energy, as well as more sustainable, in a region where less than 20% of people have an access to energy; and at (ii) contributing to the creation over the medium and long term of a regional network and market for energy in West Africa, thereby allowing for power exchanges between the coastal countries (such as Ghana) that have access to cheaper energy resources (hydropower and thermal) than the landlocked sahelian countries (such as Burkina and Mali).

The requested Grant financing will be used to complete the project's preparation documentation, to adress technical, environmental, economic and financial issues, and to prepare the procurement work for the project.