Kenya/Tanzania/Zambia: MoU signed for ZTK interconnector

Representatives of the governments of Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Dar es Salaam on 30 September to facilitate a project to connect the power grids of the three countries, linking the Eastern and Southern African power pools. The ZTK Interconnector is a Southern African Development Community (SADC) priority project with a total cost estimated at around $860m, according to research by Ernst & Young in conjunction with the SADC presented in 2013. Tanzania’s minister of energy and minerals, Sospeter Muhongo, said that they hoped to complete the project by 2016.