Sh210bn for Kenya-TZ power project

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved an African Development Fund (ADF) Loan of USD 144.9 million1, to Kenya - Tanzania Power Interconnection Project.
The project will allow the two countries to exchange power. In addition, the Kenya-Tanzania Interconnection Project plays an important role in promoting regional integration through power trade.
The project is expected to improve the supply, reliability and affordability of electricity in the...

Tanzania is among nine African nations set to benefit from the European Union’s new rural electrification programme using hydro, wind, solar and biomass, with Euro 95 million set aside for the projects.

Residents of Ludewa District have promised to support government efforts to connect rural areas with electricity through supplying their labour power.

The leaders of Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda seek to develop a joint power generation project to increase power supply in the region.

Norway will extend technical and financial assistance for the revival of the Kikuletwa hydropower station which has been dormant in the last 30 years.

A British company Aldwych International and its Tanzanian partner Six telecoms Company are at an advanced stage of establishing a major wind power project in Singida region to improve power supply to the north and north-west regions of Tanzania.

Villagers cry foul over power project
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MEMBERS of the public in Dindila Ward in Korogwe District blocked the Korogwe Rural Member of Parliament (MP), Mr Stephen Ngonyani, for about half an hour demanding to be told why electricity has been directed to Mgwashi Village. The electricity ...

Several potential investors have shown strong interest in Symbion Power’s 600 MW gas-to-power project in Mtwara.

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to NextGen Solawazi Limited of Chang’ombe in the city to support the implementation of a five megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic power plant in Kigoma.