--- title: South Africa secures World Bank backing for grid overhaul description: The World Bank has committed $350 million to South Africa for a credit guarantee facility designed to mobilize approximately $10 billion in private and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/south-africa-secures-world-bank-backing-for-grid-overhaul-uxbftqyfp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: South Africa secures World Bank backing for grid overhaul | daily.dev og:description: The World Bank has committed $350 million to South Africa for a credit guarantee facility designed to mobilize approximately $10 billion in private and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/south-africa-secures-world-bank-backing-for-grid-overhaul-uxbftqyfp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UxbfTQyFp.png og:image:alt: South Africa secures World Bank backing for grid overhaul og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # South Africa secures World Bank backing for grid overhaul **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The World Bank has committed $350 million to South Africa for a credit guarantee facility designed to mobilize approximately $10 billion in private and institutional investment over 10 years. The funds will support expansion of South Africa's power transmission grid, including thousands of kilometres of new power lines and enhanced transformer capacity. The facility will be incorporated as a company in the coming months and is part of the government's broader economic reform agenda to recover from over a decade of severe power outages. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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