World Bank, AfDB aim to bring electricity to 300 million Africans
The plan, which is a partnership with the African Development Bank, would halve the number of people living without electricity on the continent by 2030.
W. Gyude Moore is a Distinguished Fellow at the Energy for Growth Hub. He previously served as Liberia’s Minister of Public Works with oversight over the construction and maintenance of public infrastructure from December 2014 to January 2018. Gyude also served as Deputy Chief of Staff to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Head of the President’s Delivery Unit (PDU). As Head of the PDU, his team drove delivery of a program of over $1 billion in road, power, port infrastructure, and social programs in Liberia after the civil war. As one of the President’s trusted advisors, he also played a crucial role in supporting President Sirleaf as Liberia responded to the West Africa Ebola outbreak and shaped its post-Ebola recovery.
Gyude is also a lecturer at the University of Chicago’s Harris School for Public Policy and a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development. He previously served as the Boeing Visiting Chair in International Relations at Tsinghua University and as a Board Member of the Energy for Growth Hub. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Management Sciences for Health and the Charter Cities Institute. Gyude holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Berea College and a Master’s degree in Foreign Policy and International Security from Georgetown University.
