Rural Electrification & Energy Access in Underserved Areas of Cameroon
Rural Electrification & Energy Access in Underserved Areas of Cameroon
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Approximately 700 localities without electricity in six of the ten regions of Cameroon will soon be electrified owing to the Rural Electrification and Energy Access Project in Underserved Areas of Cameroon (Perace).
The announcement was made by the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Water and Energy, Adolphe Ndjouke Thome, during the 4th session of the steering committee of the open Perace in Yaounde.
The targeted localities
Among the targeted localities, 315 are in the Far North, 200 in the North, 70 in Adamaoua, 30 in the East, 49 in the North-West, and 30 in the South-West. That is to say coverage of more than 2.7 million inhabitants which equals roughly to 370,000 households.