Ethiopia’s Energy Expansion Drives Push for Stronger Intra-African Trade: Tanzanian Official

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Ethiopia’s growing role as a regional energy hub is highlighting the urgent need for stronger intra-African trade to accelerate industrial growth across the continent, Tanzania’s Deputy Minister for Minerals, Stephen Kiruswa, told ENA.

Ethiopia is increasingly emerging as a key player in East Africa’s energy integration efforts.

As one of the region’s largest electricity producers—generating most of its power from renewable sources, the country already exports electricity to Djibouti, Sudan, and Kenya, while advancing new transmission connections with Somalia and Tanzania.

The cross-border energy projects align with the African Union’s Agenda 2063, which envisions a continent-wide renewable energy network aimed at strengthening regional integration through shared infrastructure.

Approached by ENA on the sidelines of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Addis Ababa, Kiruswa praised Ethiopia’s growing contribution to regional energy cooperation.

“Ethiopia is a major producer of electricity in the region,” Kiruswa said, noting that power generated in the country is already being shared through regional cooperation mechanisms.

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