Ethiopia: Regional power interconnections

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has signed up Tanzania as the fourth regional client for its power exports, after Kenya, Djibouti and Sudan. EEP announced on 27 August that Tanzania had agreed to buy 400MW of power. Chief executive Azeb Asnake said the agreement would “foster economic integration and strengthen multilateral ties between the two countries”. Ethiopia has also signed a memorandum of understanding with Burundi and Rwanda, and plans to link its grid with South Sudan, Uganda and Yemen, she added.