The World Bank has said that it has deployed 100 solar-powered mini-grids in Nigeria under its National Electrification Project, adding that its market-driven approach has expedited the process. The bank disclosed this in a statement yesterday, and added that powering 380 million people in Africa by 2030 would require the construction of more than 160,000 mini grids at a cumulative cost of $91 billion. It noted that the deployment of solar mini grids had accelerated in sub-Saharan Africa from 500 installed in 2010 to over 3,000 as at today, and a further 9,000 planned for deployment over the next few years
