United States, April 27 -- Nearly 500,000 households and businesses in underserved communities across Nigeria are expected to gain access to reliable, renewable electricity through a new initiative led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in partnership with Norfund, the Norwegian Investment Fund for developing countries. The program will help scale off?grid and distributed energy solutions, enabling economic activity, strengthening small enterprises, and supporting job creation across local value chains.The initiative supports five Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCOs)-Darway Coast Nigeria Limited, GVE Projects Limited, Prado Power Limited, PriVida Power Limited, and StarTimes Energy-each ...