Tanzania's Call for Strengthening Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure to Enhance AfCFTA Implementation

TLDR

• The minister explained that Tanzania is pursuing several cross-border energy projects aimed at strengthening regional integration, including a 74-kilometre natural gas pipeline linking the Madimba Gas Processing Plant.
• Minister for Energy, Deogratius Ndejembi said yesterday during the high-level dialogue on the sidelines of the Africa50 General Shareholders Meeting and Infra for Africa Forum in Dar es Salaam that greater regional.
• DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA has called on African countries to strengthen cross-border energy infrastructure and accelerate implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
• Mr Ndejembi said Africa must move away from fragmented national planning and instead invest in shared infrastructure capable of supplying energy and supporting industries across borders.
• The planned projects, he said, are expected to enhance electricity generation, support manufacturing and stimulate investment by ensuring reliable energy supplies across national borders.