Global agency to push funding of African nuclear power plans

Residents of Kenya’s Kilifi County protest plans to build a nuclear plant in their area on May 2, 2025.

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has offered to help African countries unlock financing for nuclear power projects.

IAEA’s Director-General Rafael Grossi, who spoke at the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa in Kigali this week, said there is renewed appetite for financing nuclear energy projects in Africa by international lenders.