The medium- and long-term objectives are to boost solar energy production and provide universal access to electricity in both countries. This financing is the largest ever granted by the African Development Bank to Mauritania. The second project, RIMDIR, is a $16 million grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) and concerns rural electrification for 40 localities in south-eastern Mauritania. The African Development Bank has been active in Mauritania for over fifty years in various strategic development sectors, including agriculture, governance, water and sanitation, energy, mining, private sector, transport and social. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB).
