⁍ Sudan signed a memorandum of understanding with General Electric GE.N on Thursday aimed at increasing power generation by up to 470 megawatts (MW)
GE said it planned to deliver electricity to about 600,000 households through mobile turbines that can be installed within months and the rehabilitation of three existing power plants.

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⁍ Sudan is in political transition after former leader Omar al-Bashir was removed from power in April 2019 following months of protests.

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⁍ There are daily power cuts, most of the country is not connected to the grid, and the healthcare sector is in a state of collapse.

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– Sudan is getting electricity for the first time in more than two decades. General Electric says it has signed a deal with the Sudanese government to deliver electricity to about 600,000 households through mobile turbines that can be installed within months and the rehabilitation of three existing power plants, Reuters reports. “It has been almost three decades since we have seen such important companies engage with Sudan,” Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was quoted as saying in a joint press release. Sudan has been struggling to emerge from an economic crisis that has continued after the ouster of former leader Omar al-Bashir last year. International sanctions imposed during Bashir’s long rule isolated Sudan’s economy from much of the outside world, contributing to an economic crisis that has continued after his ouster. There are daily power cuts, most of the country is not connected to the grid, and the healthcare sector is in a state of collapse. Though the United States dropped trade sanctions in 2018, Sudan remains on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, which complicates access to foreign financing and debt relief. International banks and companies have been slow to engage. Sudan has been pushing to be removed from the list for more than a year.