DR. MATARAGIO: TAZA PROJECT IS PART OF THE SPECIAL ENERGY PROGRAM (MISSION 300)




📌 Connecting Tanzania with neighboring countries.


📌 Benefiting the Southern Highlands regions including Mbeya, Iringa, and Rukwa.


📌 Appreciating development partners for investment and sustained cooperation in the energy sector.


Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Dr. James Mataragio, has stated that the implementation of the TAZA Project significantly contributes to the execution of the Special Energy Program (MISSION 300), which was endorsed at the African Heads of State Energy Summit.


He emphasized that the project has become a major driver of progress in Tanzania’s energy sector and other national development projects.


Dr. Mataragio made these remarks on September 15, 2025, during a stakeholders’ meeting on the TAZA Implementation Support Mission held at the Ministry of Energy headquarters in Dar es Salaam.


He explained that the Government of Tanzania plans to launch electricity generation projects that will connect Tanzania with neighboring countries including Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Malawi.


Dr. Mataragio further stressed that the project is crucial for Tanzania, as its implementation will elevate the country’s position in regional electricity projects.


He elaborated that the TAZA Project will enhance the capacity to transmit electricity across the country through the Iringa–Kisada–Mbeya–Tunduma–Sumbawanga corridor, reaching up to 1,700 MW of transmitted power.


Additionally, the government through the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) is implementing the Tanzania–Zambia Transmission Interconnection Project (TAZA), which will link the national grids of Tanzania and Zambia.


He thanked the development partners for their continued investment and cooperation in Tanzania’s energy sector, noting that this has significantly contributed to sustainable economic growth.


The meeting brought together stakeholders supporting the implementation of the project, which is supervised by the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania through the Ministry of Energy, with support from the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank (WB), the French Development Agency (AFD), and the European Union (EU).


On her part, Dr. Rhonda Jordan Antoine, an Energy Specialist from the World Bank, said:


> “The World Bank continues to collaborate with the Government of Tanzania to mobilize financing for projects that are catalysts for community development and a key step in implementing the Special Energy Program – Mission 300.”


Dr. Antoine further explained that the TAZA Project involves the construction of a 616 km electricity transmission line along with substations in Iringa (Kisada, 106 km), Mbeya (185 km), Mbeya–Tunduma (122 km), and an additional line in Rukwa–Sumbawanga spanning 203 km.



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