adminNAIROBI. — Kenya’s power interconnection with Ethiopia and Tanzania is poised to increase electricity generation in the region and boost capacity in other Sub-Saharan Africa countries. Countries set to benefit, mostly in Southern Africa, include Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. According to global consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), apart from boosting electricity capacity, the move has been widely viewed as a catalyst for large future cross-border electricity flows.
More so, energy supplies, according to PwC are currently limited in the regions thereby hampering increased business.
“Current cross-border electricity flow is very limited in the different power pool regions. A key constraint is the limited interconnection capacity.
“In addition, almost all countries in sub-Saharan Africa are short in generation capacity and this limits cross-border electricity trade,” PwC said in its report — CAJ News.
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