Tanzania secures grant to finance power interconnection project with Zambia


DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania on Tuesday signed a 31.5-million-U.S.-dollar grant agreement with the French Development Agency (AFD) for financing the implementation of the Tanzania-Zambia power interconnection project.

The agreement was signed in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam between the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Doto James and the French Ambassador to Tanzania, Frederic Clavier.

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