To ensure that more African households have access to electricity, President William Ruto has joined other African leaders in a program that will see 300 Million people across Africa connected to power.

Ruto joined other African leaders during the African Heads of State Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Tuesday, January 28 for the launch of the ambitious initiative.

Named 'Mission 300', the initiative seeks to deliver affordable and sustainable power to more than 300 million people, half of the 600 million people in the continent without electricity by 2030.

Key partners in the electrification drive include the World Bank, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), The Rockefeller Foundation, and the African Union.