Trump ends US initiative to boost electricity access in Africa, Bloomberg News reports


FILE PHOTO: Power officials stand on ladders to fix electric cables along a road in Egbeda dstrict in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, July 1, 2015. Picture taken July 1, 2015. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye/File Photo

(Reuters) -An initiative by the United States to increase electricity supply in Africa has been dismantled by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration after more than a decade of work, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Almost all of Power Africa's programs have been listed for termination and the majority of its staff fired, the report added, citing unnamed sources.

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