Insufficient transmission system capacity is the main bottleneck in Africa's power sector, according to Timothy Mgaya, deputy managing director for distribution at the Tanzania Electricity Supply Company (TANESCO).
"We have not been able to fully utilise the generation capacity that we have been constructing," he said during a panel at the Infra for Africa Forum.
Mgaya explained that, in light of this chronic underinvestment in transmission, Tanzania's priority now is to strengthen the grid to unlock the full value of its generation assets.
"Our most critical project is the grid stabilisation project; we are constructing substations and associated transmission lines across every major city and district, ensuring reliable power supply to consumers and other productive sectors," he said.
Originally published by African Business.