Tanzania to complete nationwide rural electrification by June 2024


  • World
  • Friday, 24 Nov 2023

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Tanzanian authorities announced on Thursday that the country's program to electrify all 12,318 villages across the country will be completed by June 2024.

The rural electrification program, originally scheduled for completion in 2025, will provide over 70 percent of the rural population with electricity, thereby stimulating economic activities, said Johnes Olotu, the acting director of the Rural Energy Agency, at a news conference in Tanzania's commercial hub, Dar es Salaam

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