Senegal has secured FCFA 998 billion in commitments to extend electricity access at a round table held on 6 October in Dakar, according to the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum. The aim is to cover the last unserved localities by 2029, but the announced amounts remain investment pledges.
Private companies committed FCFA 817 billion, compared with 181 billion from technical and financial partners, according to the ministerial statement reported by the Senegal Press Agency. The Senegalese Rural Electrification Agency also reported, on 8 October, this total of 998 billion.
These announcements exceed the residual requirement of FCFA 395.8 billion set out in the official investment prospectus. This gap does not mean that all expenditure is already financed or that works can start simultaneously. The strategy aims to turn commitments into projects, financing and partnerships actually implemented.
The programme targets 6,471 localities for which no funding had been identified in the baseline situation, or around 112,500 households and nearly one million people. At end-2024, the national access rate reached 86.2%, compared with 69.8% in rural areas, according to official data presented at the round table.
In these areas, the planned facilities should also support productive uses and access to essential services. The prospectus notably highlights the role of electricity in water pumping and agricultural activities, beyond lighting homes.
The grid extension is to cover 3,978 localities, while 844 will be covered by mini solar plants and 1,649 by domestic solar systems. The associated requirements are respectively estimated at FCFA 278.3 billion, 110.5 billion and 7 billion.