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dustry and to help realize goals, the REA promotes
innovative approaches such as the involvement of the
private sector, cooperatives and local communities in
generation and distribution. The successful implemen-
tation of the rural electrification programme partly de-
pends on the active participation of private sector play-
ers as project proponents and/or independent power
producers as well as contractors and consultants.
The enactment of the Zambia Development Act in
2006 and the Public Private Partnership Act in 2009
has opened opportunities for public and private play-
ers to actively participate in the all-economic activi-
ties including the rural electrification programme.
The establishment of the Rural Electrification Author-
ity was meant to improve the effectiveness of imple-
menting the rural electrification programmes in Zam-
bia. This followed the commercialization of ZESCO
in 1996, which had hitherto been executing the rural
electrification projects on behalf of the government.
After completion of grid extension projects initiated
and implemented by the REA, they are handed over
to ZESCO for operation and maintenance. In some
cases, ZESCO implements projects on behalf of the
Authority as a contractor.
All the projects that the authority undertakes are
implemented through private contractors who are
selected through public tender procedures. The au-
thority has three principal methods of electrifying the
rural growth centres throughout the country. These
are via grid extensions (extending the existing na-
tional grid), stand-alone electricity systems supplied
from renewable sources such as Mini Hydro Power
Stations and Biomass Generation, and the develop-
ment of solar energy systems in the country.
TAZAMA (TANZANIA ZAMBIA MAFUTA) PIPE-
LINES LIMITED
Largeman Muzelenga
Managing Director
PO Box 7651, Ndola
Tel: +260-212-611721/4
Fax: +260-212-612031
mdmail@zamnet.zm
Tanzania Zambia Mafuta (TAZAMA) Pipelines Lim-
ited is a company jointly owned by both the Zambian
and Tanzanian governments. Founded in 1966 its
purpose was, and still is, to transport finished petro-
leum products from Dar-Es-Salaam to Ndola by way
of an oil pipeline. The construction of the pipeline
took almost two years, with its official opening be-
ing in 1968, when the first Zambian President, Dr.
Kenneth Kaunda, and his counterpart, Mwalimu
Julius Nyerere, jointly opened a valve at Tank Farm
in Tanzania and a valve at the Ndola Oil Storage
Company (NOSCO) in Ndola, Zambia. TAZAMA has
since been successfully pumping finished products
through the 1,710 kilometre pipeline from the Indian
Ocean port of Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania to the
Copperbelt town of Ndola in Zambia.
TAZAMA Pipelines’ products include: heavy fuel oil,
bitumen, low sulphur gas (LSG), light fuel oil (LFO),
lead replacement petrol (LRP), jet A1 fuel, domestic
kerosene, industrial kerosene, gasoil, liquefied pe-
troleum gas (LPG), unleaded petrol, and crude oil.
Tazama Petroleum Products Limited (TPPL) is a
wholly own subsidiary of Tazama Pipelines Lim-
ited created in 2008 to oversee the procurement,
processing and marketing of crude oil and refined
finished petroleum products to Oil Marketing Com-
panies (OMC) like BP, Total (Z) Limited, along with
many others. The company also operates the Ndola
Fuel Terminal bulk storage facility.
In lieu of a changing business environment and
needs for reinvestment, TAZAMA has set a course
to increase its revenue stream by approximately
10% annually over the next few years. It plans to
do so via prudent financial management, growth in
REA-Technicians erecting steel structures at the Nkamba
Bay 6633kV substation to supply power to Kasaba Bay
(September, 2010).
“I wish to call upon the private sector, both local and in-
ternational investors to seriously explore the possibilities
of investing in rural electrification projects using various
electrification methods such as mini hydro power genera-
tion and others.”
Wilfred Serenje, Chief Executive