Press Releases

October 27, 2023

Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright Celebrates Partnership Impact During Tours of The Gambia and Senegal

MCC CEO Alice Albright visited The Gambia and Senegal to celebrate the progress of MCC grant programs and learn more about the power of MCC partnership.

October 4, 2022

A Commitment to Inclusive Growth: MCC Launches New Inclusion and Gender Strategy

MCC's new I&G Strategy outlines will routinely and systematically integrate gender and inclusion into its grant programs.

November 16, 2021

MCC, The Gambia Partner to Increase the Reliability of Electricity

November 2, 2021

MEDIA ADVISORY: MCC Completes Grant Negotiations with The Gambia at COP26, Celebrates Climate Commitment

September 9, 2021

MCC, Government of Senegal start 5 Year Clock on $550M Power Compact

The U.S. government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), represented by its Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mahmoud Bah and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Alexia Latortue are in Dakar to celebrate the launch of the $550 million MCC–Senegal Power Compact.

December 10, 2018

U.S., Senegal Sign New Millennium Challenge Corporation Senegal Power Compact

MCC Chief Operating Officer and Head of Agency Jonathan Nash joined U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Senegalese Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne to recognize the signing at the U.S. Department of State.

November 7, 2018

Millennium Challenge Corporation Board Approves New Senegal Power Compact

The U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors has approved the new five-year $550 million Senegal Power Compact designed to increase reliability and access to electricity, support economic growth and reduce poverty.

July 18, 2018

Millennium Challenge Corporation Official Visits Senegal to Advance Progress on the Development of Compact

MCC Principal Deputy Vice President for Africa Kyeh Kim visited Senegal this week to advance progress on the development of an MCC grant, called a compact.

May 23, 2017

President Trump Requests $800 Million for Millennium Challenge Corporation

President Donald J. Trump today delivered his fiscal year 2018 budget proposal to Congress, including $800 million for the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to continue its mission of fighting global poverty through economic growth.

December 14, 2016

Millennium Challenge Corporation Board of Directors Selects Burkina Faso, Sri Lanka, Tunisia for New Compacts

At its quarterly meeting on December 13, 2016, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors selected Burkina Faso, Sri Lanka and Tunisia for new MCC compacts – five-year grants – to encourage economic growth and reduce poverty.