Kenya/Tanzania: AfDB approves interconnection loan

The African Development Bank board has approved a $144.9m loan for the Kenya-Tanzania Power Interconnection Project. The project involves the construction of a 508km, 400kV overhead double-circuit transmission line from Isinya substation in Kenya to Singida substation in Tanzania, as well as 400kV substations at Iringa, Dodoma, Singida, Shinyanga and Arusha in Tanzania. The line will transmit up to 2,000MW. A tender for the supervision and management of the project was issued last month.