Lesotho, Oct. 14 -- Last week Thursday, the Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. Lejone Mpotjoane held a media briefing through the Department of Energy to provide more details on Mission 300 and the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) programme.

The briefing came a week after Prime Minister Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane officially launched Mission 300 at Ha Laka in Thaba-Tseka.

Mission 300 is a $40 billion continental electricity-access initiative led by the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank (AfDB). Launched in April 2024 and endorsed by African Heads of State in Dar es Salaam in January 2025, it aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030.

In Lesotho, the initiative see...