EDISON Alliance Impact Report 2024

Key takeaways 1 The South Asian region and the African continent remain the leading regions in terms of lives impacted through EDISON Alliance initiatives. While South Asia maintains similar impact levels to last year, efforts have increased on the African continent, with 14% of lives impacted in total, compared to 10% in the previous year, representing 64 million additional people reached in one year. 2 The combined number of the top three countries with the most lives improved (India, Bangladesh and Vietnam) represents more than a third of the total number of lives improved across initiatives. 3 Vietnam now ranks among the top three countries with the most lives impacted, compared to 20th place last year. 4 The top 10 countries represent 84% of all lives impacted. Of which, nine are developing nations, where only roughly a third of the population on average have online access compared to 80% on average in developed nations . 5 EDISON Alliance Impact Report January 2024 12 Contents