On Friday 26 October 2018, BBOXX, a next generation utility company, and EDF, the world's leading electricity company, signed an agreement to develop and market solutions for access to off-grid electricity in Togo. On the 8th of November 2018, EDF, one of the world's leading electricity companies, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Republic of Cameroon signed final and binding agreements for the construction of the Nachtigal hydropower plant.