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The West African Power Pool (WAPP) organization was established by the highest decisionmaking body of ECOWAS, the Authority of Heads of State and Government of Member States, as a mechanism and institutional framework for integrating the national power systems of ECOWAS member countries. The objective of the WAPP is to establish a regional electricity market in West Africa through the judicious development and realization of key priority infrastructure that would permit the accessibility to economic energy resources, to all member states of the ECOWAS and help meet the energy needs of the ECOWAS citizens by providing least cost reliable and sustainable electricity supply for economic development. The Implementation Strategy of WAPP is based on developing complementary and mutually reinforcing infrastructure sub-programs, which will result in an integrated electricity system and market in West Africa. It is funded by the World Bank (WB), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the ...