A heavyweight consortium of tech and mobile giants are backing 2Africa, but local steps must also be taken to capitalise on it. 

The top Democrat on the Senate environment committee said on Wednesday that Democrats will only back bipartisan legislation to expedite permitting for energy and infrastructure projects if they receive assurances that federal agencies will stop blocking renewable energy projects. 

The conditional loan to Arizona Public Service was issued but not finalized in the waning days of the Biden administration.