Eastern Africa
AfDB approves US$120m for Tanzania Hydropower Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank have approved a US$120 million loan to fund the construction of a 50 MW hydropower plant in Western Tanzania.
On completion, the Malagarasi hydropower plant will provide reliable renewable energy to households, schools, clinics and small and medium-sized enterprises in the Kigoma Region.
The project has several components: a run-of-the-river hydropower plant facility; a 54- km, 132 kV transmission line that will connect to Tanzania’s national grid; a distribution network expansion operation
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