{"id":161262,"date":"2023-08-30T11:47:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T11:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/?post_type=one_campaign&#038;p=161262"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:53:28","slug":"electrify-africa","status":"publish","type":"one_campaign","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/what-we-do\/impact\/electrify-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrify Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ONE launched a campaign in 2013 supporting legislation that would enable both public and private partners to invest in Africa\u2019s energy future. In 2015, 7 in 10 people in sub-Saharan Africa lacked access to electricity. When countries can provide more access to electricity, the results are extraordinary. Students in Sudan, for example, improved their pass rates from 57% to 97% after just one year with electric lights.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our goal was to help sub-Saharan African countries modernise their power infrastructure and increase their access to electricity \u2014 saving lives, strengthening education, alleviating extreme poverty, and accelerating both growth and development in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-we-achieved\">What we achieved<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In all, ONE members sent 186,891 letters and 5,445 tweets, made 4,814 phone calls, delivered 360,000 signed petitions, and had 744 meetings with their leaders in Congress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Power Africa continues the hard work of implementing power projects across Africa with the goal of providing millions of people with modern energy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-neon-background-color oneorg-block-group oneorg-block-group-impact oneorg-block-group-impact--2 has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f28de5697cdc3044a57ca7c1638542ed is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-impact\">Impact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amplify_Icon_300x300-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1269\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 135,000 people signed our petition, which was delivered to 325 House and 100 Senate offices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PolicyDoc_Icon_300x300-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1270\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Electrify Africa Act passed with bipartisan support in Congress, and was signed into law by President Obama.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading no-border\" id=\"h-what-we-did\">What we did<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ONE wrote policy reports, drafted legislation, and talked with key members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to get this passed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We produced an open letter from African and NGO leaders supporting more than two dozen African nations that committed to providing universal energy access by 2030.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NGOs from Tanzania and Nigeria wrote open letters supporting the initiative.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For four years, hundreds of thousands of ONE members signed petitions, wrote letters, sent tweets, and made calls in an effort to ask Congress to pass the bill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group oneorg-block-group oneorg-block-group-impact oneorg-block-group-impact--cta has-light-color has-dark-background-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-neon-color has-text-color\">Inspired?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">See some of our ongoing campaigns and learn more about how you can lend your voice to fight for equity and justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/get-involved\/take-action\/\">See current campaigns<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"buffer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161263,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"162090,161850,162086,161838,161787,161798","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161262","one_campaign","type-one_campaign","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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