How Nigeria’s power crisis defied two decades of World Bank funding

...Over $3.6 billion in funding since 2001

Since 2001, the World Bank has committed well over $3.6 billion to fixing Nigeria's broken electricity sector, through a cascade of loans, guarantees, and financing facilities targeting everything from rural solar panels to high-voltage transmission corridors. Yet, Africa’s most populous nation still generates (3,331MW) less electricity per capita than war-torn countries, as the average Nigerian household endures anywhere between 10 and 20 hours of daily blackouts. Industrial operators,