Increased Rural Electrification Rate Beyond 72%

TLDR

• REA has delivered an exceptionally strong performance in recent years, successfully driving a 96 per cent to 100 per cent grid connection rate among mainland villages and raising the overall rural electrification rate.
• Operating under the Ministry of Energy, REA has effectively managed a budget exceeding 4 tri/- to systematically bridge the urban-rural energy gap.
• Out of 12,318 official villages in mainland Tanzania, REA has successfully brought grid power infrastructure to virtually all of them, hitting a near-universal village connection rate.
• On new customer connections, REA has established over 1,082,669 direct new consumer connections across rural households, small-scale enterprises and local institutions.
• REA reaffirmed its commitment to closely supervise rural electrification projects to ensure they deliver expected benefits, including increased productivity and improved livelihoods.