Tanzania: AfDB Approves Sh261 Billion for Tanzania-Kenya Power Line

THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $145 million (about 261bn/-) loan to fund the building of an electricity line between Tanzania and Kenya to improve regional power connections.

AfDB said in a statement that the funding would help construct 507.5 km of transmission lines and substations along its path to allow for the transfer of 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity in either direction between Kenya and Tanzania.

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