Abuja, Nigeria —President Bola Tinubu will travel to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Sunday, January 27, 2025, to participate in the African Heads of State Energy Summit. The summit, which will be held on January 27-28, 2025, is hosted by the Tanzanian government in collaboration with the African Development Bank Group and the World Bank.
The primary goal of the summit is to promote “Mission 300,” an initiative aimed at providing electricity access to 300 million people across Africa by 2030. Leaders from across the continent, along with representatives from the private sector, development partners, and civil society groups, will convene to discuss strategies for accelerating energy access in Africa.
The summit will focus on critical issues such as increasing energy access in underserved regions, expanding renewable energy, enhancing energy efficiency, and mobilizing investment from the private sector.
On the first day, countries, including Nigeria, will present their national energy strategies, referred to as “compacts,” outlining their plans to achieve universal energy access within the next five years. On the second day, Heads of State will endorse the Dar es Salaam Energy Declaration, which will set a unified roadmap for Africa’s progress toward the Mission 300 objectives.
President Tinubu is expected to deliver a national statement reaffirming Nigeria’s commitment to universal energy access and its leadership role in Africa’s energy sector. He will also highlight Nigeria’s ongoing clean energy initiatives and strategies for integrating energy delivery across the continent.
Accompanying the president on the trip will be the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu; the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Olu Verheijen; and other senior government officials.
Following the summit, President Tinubu will return to Abuja.
