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Tanzania: Energy Utility in Critical Financial Mess
Daily News, 5 March 2013
THE Tanzania Electric Supply Company Ltd (TANESCO) is facing serious financial problems and yet has failed to collect some 78 billion shillings being outstanding bills owed by the… Read more »
Is Tanzania's Energy Sector at Crisis Point?
The country's main electricity provider is facing a financial crisis amid reports that the billing system has not been implemented effectively.
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Tanzania: Tanesco's Billing System Still Inefficient
Daily News, 9 February 2013
GOVERNMENT has announced it will deploy experts to investigate the root cause of the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) failing to detect irregularities in the bills sent… Read more »
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Tanzania: Local Firm Set to Generate Electricity
Daily News, 26 February 2013
ELECTRICITY generation in Tanzania is set to receive a boost following an application by a local company to produce 150MW of hydro-power at Kitonga Valley in Iringa region. Read more »
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Tanzania: Tanesco and Symbion Sign Promising Pact
Daily News, 27 February 2013
IN a move that brings hope for better days, the Tanzania Electric Supply Company Ltd (Tanesco) and Symbion Power recently inked a memorandum of understanding to build a 400mw plant… Read more »
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Tanzania: Tanesco, Dowans Battle Heads to Court of Appeal
EA Business, 11 February 2013
The legal battle between the Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) and the Dowans Holdings (Costa Rica),is headed for Tanzania's Court of Appeal. Read more »
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Rwanda: Nation Faces U.S.$5 Billion Energy Sector Bill
Independent (Kampala), 7 February 2013
Rwanda's national utilities' company says selling shares to the public to raise new capital to increase electricity supply is currently not an option despite high financing needs… Read more »
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Tanzania: Tanesco Deposits Sh48 Billion to Secure Dowans Case Appeal
Daily News, 6 February 2013
THE Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) has been forced to pay 30 million US dollars (about Sh48 billion) as security to safeguard its case pending before the Court of… Read more »
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Tanzania: Tanesco, Tanroads Lock Horns Over Land
Daily News, 4 February 2013
TWO government agencies, the Tanzania Electric Company (Tanesco) Limited and Tanzania National Roads Agency (Tanroads) have failed to resolve their dispute over ownership of two… Read more »
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Tanzania: More Tender Applications for Power Connections
Daily News, 1 February 2013
FOLLOWING the decision to reduce power connection charges and costs, the government has started receiving countless power connected application, making it difficult to attend… Read more »
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Tanzania: User Relief As Tanesco Drops Electricity Tarrif Hike Plans
Daily News, 31 January 2013
TANZANIA Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) has withdrawn its application to hike tariffs by over 155 per cent but requested to turn the current emergency prices into a permanent… Read more »
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East Africa: Region Eyes Cheap Power
EA Business, 28 January 2013
The envisaged Stiegler's Gorge hydro power project by Rufiji Basin Development Authority (RUBADA) which aims at producing 2100mw is expected to benefit the East African Community… Read more »
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Tanzania: TANESCO Owed Sh18.9 Billion in Moshi
Daily News, 21 December 2012
SEVERAL customers owe Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco), Kilimanjaro regional office a total of 18.9bn/- in unpaid electricity bills as of September this year, a report… Read more »
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Tanzania: Tanesco Rejects Figures On Power Hike Project
EA Business, 17 December 2012
The Tanzania Electricity Supply Company (TANESCO) has been forced to reject expert figures that favor its campaign to hike power tariffs. Read more »
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Tanzania: TANESCO Posts Sh120 Billion in Pre-Tax Profit
Daily News, 14 December 2012
TANZANIA Electric Supply Company (TANESCO), has posted pre-tax profit of 120bn/- in the first nine months of this year, thanks to a 40 per cent power tariff hike in January, 2012. Read more »
