How Tanzania plans to deliver electricity to every home by 2030

This is part of a continent-wide energy drive backed by international lenders.

The plan was presented at the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town, where the government unveiled its National Energy Compact under the Mission 300 initiative led by the World Bank and African Development Bank.

The money will go toward building and upgrading energy infrastructure to connect around 42 million people to the power grid.

Tanzania's energy permanent secretary, Felchesmi Mramba, said the country needs $8.85 billion in public funding and $4.04 billion from private investors over the next five years.

Key projects include power generation, transmission lines, grid expansion, clean cooking, and last-mile electricity connections.

In the last year, Tanzania more than doubled its national power supply to over 4,000 megawatts, with the bulk coming from hydropower and natural gas.

But the country is also working to tap into solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal energy sources. Mramba said Tanzania’s location between the East and Southern African power pools offers strategic opportunities for cross-border electricity trade.

Several steps are being planned out for implementation in the next 18 months. These include new power trading systems, regional interconnectors, support for private energy companies, and clean cooking solutions.

A national fund will also help households get connected through credit, while tax cuts are expected to make clean stoves more affordable.

The government has already allocated nearly $427 million in its 2025/26 budget to begin implementation.

Officials said the reforms are part of broader goals to meet rising electricity demand, strengthen climate resilience, and attract global partners to help close the country’s energy gap.