Boost for East Africa power pool project as Dar, Nairobi secure $600m
Electricians connect high voltage power lines from one pylon to the other at Voi in Taita Taveta County, Kenya. Tanzania will spend $455 million on the Tanzania–Zambia Transmission Interconnector Project. PHOTO FILE | NMG
The plan for a regional power pool moved closer to realisation last week when Kenya and Tanzania secured more than $600 million in funding from international financiers.
Tanzania received $465 million from the World Bank for its power interconnector project with Zambia, while Kenya signed a $179 million loan with French development agency Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD), breathing new life into the region’s power pool projects which, once complete, will link more than 10 countries.
