Japan has approved a US$12mn grant for Uganda to help the East African country extend electricity to its rural areas

Malawi and China have signed two energy deals worth US$667.233mn that would facilitate enhanced electricity generation in the East African nation

The European Union (EU) will provide a financial boost of nearly US$49mn for the commencement of the construction of a 143km 220kV transmission line from Rwanda’s Kigoma to Burundi’s Gitega

Tanzania has launched a rural electrification programme with the help of the Swedish government

A 462km high voltage power line between Nairobi and Mombasa has been scheduled for completion in June this year