MCC's Acting Chief Executive Officer Mahmoud Bah and Deputy Chief Executive Officer Alexia Latortue joined the President of Senegal Macky Sall for a ceremony in Dakar, Senegal on September 09 to celebrate the launch of the $550 million MCC–Senegal Power Compact.
This five-year MCC-Senegal partnership is bolstered by an additional $50 million commitment from the Government of Senegal and includes three projects targeting quality, reliable electricity to meet Senegal's growing demand.
An investment in Senegal's power sector today, is an investment in Senegal's future," Minister of Economy, Planning and International Cooperation Amadou Hott. "I am delighted to partner with the United States Government's Millennium Challenge Corporation on this 600-million-dollar program which is expected to make a significant contribution in creating more growth, job opportunities, and shared prosperity." | |  | On Development Podcast: Episode 5 One hundred secondary school students based in Morocco, Côte d'Ivoire, and the United States attended the WiSci Morocco Girls' STEAM Camp in August for two weeks of informative discussions, interactive STEAM skills workshops, and leadership training. | | | MCC's Board of Directors met on September 29th and voted to approve a four-year, $25 million Threshold Program between MCC and the Government of The Gambia. In addition to approving the threshold, the Board voted to extend the $450 million MCC-Morocco Employability and Land Compact, which was signed in 2015 and designed to boost Morocco's economic growth through investment in the land and education sectors. | | | The Millennium Foundation Kosovo has launched the Dig Data Challenges, open data competitions designed "to foster productive partnerships between the government, private sector, and civil society, support innovation in data use and analysis, and develop a culture information sharing and data-based decision making." | | | | A delegation from MCC, led by Vice President of Compact Operations Fatema Z. Sumar travelled to Nepal for a four-day visit to discuss next steps to advance the ratification of the $500 million MCC-Nepal Compact.
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To signal his administration's commitment to helping lower-income countries deal with climate change, President Biden announced the White House will work with the U.S. Congress to double the climate finance commitments his administration made in April. That would bring total U.S. climate finance to $11.4 billion per year by 2024. (Devex)
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Another African nation is getting into the bikeshare game. The Public Bike Sharing Transport System has been launched in Kigali City, Rwanda. Residents and visitors will only need to download an app, pay a small fee via mobile pay, and get a unique code to unlock a bike from 12 docking stations in different spots across the city.
| | | | The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced plans September 23rd to spend $922 million over the next five years to address global malnutrition and hunger as foreign aid is decreasing at a time when malnutrition rates are rising during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Seattle Times) | | | | MCC Acting CEO Mahmoud Bah (right) met with the President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema at MCC's headquarters as part of the President's trip to Washington, D.C. Bah congratulated President Hichilema on his election and discussed MCC's long and successful partnership with the Government of Zambia. MCC and the Government of Zambia closed out a $354.8 million compact in November 2018. The compact focused on strengthening the urban water system in Lusaka, Zambia's capital city. | | |  | | During a her recent visit to Nepal, MCC's Vice President of Compact Operations spoke with Nepal TV about the benefits that the MCC - Nepal Compact will bring to nearly 23 million Nepalis by extending Nepal's power grid and lowering the cost of transportation. (NTV Nepal News) | | | | | |
