The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved $8 million to support a groundbreaking pilot mini-grid program with potential benefits across Africa. DREAM aims to test the commercial viability and effectiveness of integrating mini-grids with agribusiness operations at nine sites across Ethiopia. The successful completion of the pilot could pave the way for scaling up and replicating the model in Ethiopia and other African countries. “Water, energy, and food are critical for our sustainable well-being,” he said. “The DREAM project provides an innovative approach to addressing the water-energy-food nexus in Ethiopia.
