Blog

March 15, 2021

Women’s History Month 2021: Why MCC Has Always Prioritized Women’s Economic Empowerment

MCC invests in women through policy reform, training, and other targeted actions.

October 30, 2020

“I hope for an electricity sector with sustainable growth”

Ismène Ahamide Zounmenou is growing her business through MCC’s Benin Power Compact.

March 31, 2020

Empowering women through energy sector reforms

MCC is working with partner countries to increase women’s economic empowerment through greater participation in the energy sector.

February 27, 2018

New Opportunities in Benin: A Call for Proposals

MCC’s compact with the Government of Benin reached a milestone this week with the launch of the first call for projects for the Off-Grid Clean Energy Facility.

March 7, 2017

Powering Business Growth in Benin

Madame Awahou Codjo is a small business owner in Cotonou who benefitted from MCC’s 2006 investments in Benin. Now, she stands to benefit from MCC’s $375 million Benin Power Compact.

October 31, 2016

MCC Powering Africa: Empowering People and Energizing Communities

MCC CEO Dana J. Hyde was in West Africa to visit four partner countries where MCC is making major investments in energy infrastructure to reduce energy poverty: Benin, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana.

May 10, 2016

Unlocking Private Finance in Frontier Markets

The development landscape has changed fundamentally. Private actors and private finance increasingly drive development, and annual private financial flows to developing countries now amount to more than five times official aid flows.