Cote Dlvoire, Nov. 28 -- To boost access to electricity for low-income households and small businesses in Cote d'Ivoire, IFC today announced its support for a bond issuance that will help finance up to 600,000 new electricity connections, benefiting nearly 2.8 million people in the country, an almost 10 percent increase in national electricity access.IFC's guarantees, totaling up to XOF15.8 billion (US$28.3 million equivalent), will support the participation of Societe Ivoirienne de Banque (SIB) and the Emerging Africa and Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF) as anchor investors in the bond, issued by a securitization vehicle to support the financing of the Electricity for All Program (PEPT).IFC's catalytic role-covering 30 percent of the total...