2021-06-04 15:30:35 GMT2021-06-04 23:30:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
DAR ES SALAAM, June 4 (Xinhua) The World Bank has approved 142 million U.S. dollars of financing for Tanzania s Zanzibar Energy Sector Transformation and Access project (ZESTA), a statement said Friday.
The statement issued by the World Bank office in Dar es Salaam said the project was intended to benefit nearly 400,000 Zanzibaris by having access to new or improved electricity services.
According to the statement, Zanzibar will also experience a reduction in annual unplanned system outages and associated losses after completion of the project. With a median age of 17 years and only 57 percent of citizens accessing electricity currently, investments in energy are urgently needed to contribute to improved human capital, remove constraints to more and better jobs, and enhance productivity, said Mara Warwick, the World Bank country director for Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zanzibar underscores need to review all agricultural projects
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Zanzibar underscores need to review all agricultural projects
ZANZIBAR second Vice President Hemed Suleiman Abdullah has underscored the need to review all the agricultural projects in the Isles so as to ensure that their implementation brings wider and positive outcomes to the community especially farmers.
Zanzibar second Vice President Hemed Suleiman Abdullah.
In his tour to inspect various developmental projects in the Isles, Hemed wanted coordinators and supervisors of the projects to ensure that they firstly assess the projects to ensure they don t affect people’s incomes but rather support their development.