Eastern Africa advances $1.6bn power-trade push with Ethiopia set to double Kenya exports
Ethiopian Electric Power said exports to Kenya are expected to rise to 400 MW from 200 MW in December, and that Ethiopia is supplying 100 MW to Tanzania on a pilot basis. The $1.6bn World Bank-backed RETRADE-EA programme is moving into implementation, while the region's Day-Ahead Market remains stalled. The first phase centres on the Uganda-Tanzania Interconnector Project.
Why it matters: This matters for the energy-trade theme because physical export increases are advancing while the regional market mechanism remains unresolved.