DAR ES SALAAM: PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday outlined four key areas in which Tanzania’s focus lies for the implementation of the National Energy Compact.
Dr Samia made the re marks while delivering her opening address during the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit, at the Julius Nyer ere International Convention Centre (JNICC) in Dar es sa laam yesterday.
The Tanzania leader said the initiative aims to accelerate electricity access in the country, targeting 75 per cent coverage by 2030.
To achieve this goal within the next five years, Dr Samia stated that an investment of 13 billion US dollars (approximately 32.8 trillion/-) will be required, of which 5 billion US dollars (around 12.5 trillion/-) is anticipated to come from the private sector.
On increasing electricity generation through an energy mix, President Samia said that Tanzania’s current electricity generation stands at 3,431.20 Megawatts, (MW), with 58 per cent sourced from hydropower, 35 per cent from natural gas, and 7 per cent from other sources.
“Our goal is to add 2,463 MW of energy from solar, natural gas, wind, geothermal, and other sources by 2030,” she said. Regarding the envisaged regional connectivity and energy trade, President Samia noted that Tanzania’s strategic geographical position renders it a vital link in connecting the Eastern and Southern African Power Pools, facilitating electricity trade from South Africa to Egypt.
“We have already connected our electricity infrastructure with Burundi, Kenya, and Rwanda and are currently working on con nections with Zambia and Uganda,” she told the historic summit.
The infrastructure will fa cilitate energy trade between the East African Community (EAC) and Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) regions, positioning Tanzania to export electricity, she explained. As of November 2024, Tanzania’s electricity de mand stood at 1,888.72 MW, while production capacity biodiversity loss, and gender inequality. was 3,431.20 MW. Tanzania will also focus on extending electricity to hamlets, President assured the delegates.
“Having successfully electrified all 12,318 villages in Tanzania, our next focus is to reach all 64,359 hamlets. So far, 32,827 hamlets have been electrified, and work is ongoing in 20,000 more. Through this plan, we aim to complete electrification for the remaining 11,532 ham lets,” President Samia shared the stats.
President noted that since data shows that around 950 million people in Africa lack access to clean cooking en ergy, Tanzania will put more emphasis on the ongoing clean cooking energy campaign.
She expressed concerns that lack of access to clean energy by the majority Africans has significant costs for the continent, including increased poverty, health threats, environmental degradation, higher carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, and gender inequality.
She expressed concerns that the lack of access to clean energy for the majority of Africans has significant costs for the continent, including increased poverty, health risks, environmental degradation, higher carbon emissions, “In Tanzania, over 90 per cent of households rely on firewood and charcoal for cooking. We cannot overlook the severe health and welfare impacts this has on women and girls. “To address this, Tanza nia has adopted a National Clean Cooking Energy Strat egy aimed at increasing the use of clean cooking energy from less than 10 per cent to 80 per cent by 2034.
The National Energy Compact launched today will bring us closer to achieving this goal,” President Samia said.
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The Head of State further said to achieve the ambitious targets outlined in the Nation al Energy Compact African leaders need to commit their governments to addressing critical bottlenecks across the energy value chain as out lined in the Compact’s Action Plan.
“As we welcome the commitments by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank and other financial institutions to scale up financing and technical assistance, for active participation of the private sector, we commit to create favour able investment environment through policy reforms, transparent procurement, and innovative financing mechanisms,” she said President Samia said the summit, with Mission 300 as the key agenda, sets Africa on the right track to realise the goal of universal access to energy for all. “Together, we can light up Africa, transform Africa’s energy landscape and empower generations,” she conveyed the uplifting message.
In order to overcome hur dles impeding energy access, she said there is a need to take bold actions by increasing investment and financing for infrastructure development, from power generation to last mile connectivity; and, have an agreed roadmap among African states.
“Our partners and the pri vate sector, keeping in mind that we have just five years to meet the SDG’s target of ensuring; “access to afford able, reliable, and sustainable energy for all. This gathering is a platform to consolidate commitments, announce new partnerships, and drive momentum toward the 2030 goal.
“Together with the pri vate sector, development part ners, financial institutions and civil society, we can bridge the energy gap through actionable Energy Compacts,” said President Samia.
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