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TANESCO Invitations for Qualification (Wind, Coal, Solar)

21 September 2018 by VELMA Law

TANESCO has published the following 3 Invitations for Qualification: TANESCO IFQ – Large Wind dated 18 September 2018 TANESCO IFQ – Coal dated 18 September 2018 TANESCO IFQ – Large Solar dated 18 September 2018 We have an extensive local energy and projects practice and can assist on any of these IFQs. Please contact us if you have any comments or … Read more

EWURA Regulatory Performance Report on Electricity Sector to June 2017

4 June 2018 by VELMA Law

This EWURA report presents the performance of the electricity sector during the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. Please contact us if you have any comments or questions, so we can advise you further.

Tanzania Investment Policy Assessment May 2018

29 May 201829 May 2018 by VELMA Law

USAID has published its Tanzania Investment Policy Assessment 2018 via its East Africa Trade + Investment Hub. Statistics are from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). See: http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx The set of investment policy questions that guided the research process are adapted from the World Bank Group. See http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/666341500008847215/pdf/117475-PUBLIC-WP-13-7-2017-12-8-30-SPIRAToolKitGuide.pdfInternational best practice is cited from several … Read more

Blueprint for Regulatory Reforms to Improve Tanzanian Business Environment

22 May 2018 by VELMA Law

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dodoma has in May 2018 published a Blueprint for Regulatory Reforms to Improve the Business Environment dated December 2017. The Blueprint provides the Government’s main framework for enabling a holistic review of the business enabling environment (BEE) in order to improve the business climate in Tanzania. It presents key … Read more

Government directs investors to adhere to the laws

11 September 2017 by VELMA Law

It is reported that the Deputy Minister for Mineral and Energy, Dr Medard Kalemani said at a sideline of the Oil and Gas Conference in Dar es Salaam: He continued:

New Head of TIC

17 May 2017 by VELMA Law

State House has announced that Geoffrey Idelphonce Mwambe has been appointed as the new Executive Director of Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC). We understand that from June 2016 Mr Mwambe was District Commissioner for Manyoni District in Singida Region and before that Director of Trade, Investment and Productive Sectors at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East … Read more

AfDB approves USD 870,000 for off-grid energy

22 March 201722 January 2017 by Edmund Temu

As part of the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), the African Development Bank (AFDB) has approved a grant of USD 870,000 to the Rural Energy Agency (REA) towards financing off-grid energy projects in Tanzania. AFDB states that there is significant market potential for off-grid electrification projects in Tanzania due to the vast size of … Read more

New Tanesco Managing Director

13 January 2017 by Edmund Temu

President Magufuli has appointed Mr Tito Esau Mwinuka as the new Managing Director of the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) with immediate effect on 1 January 2017. Before his appointment, Mr Mwinuka was a senior lecturer and head of the University of Dar es Salaam’s department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Background: On 29 December 2016, the Energy … Read more

Electricity Re-Organisation and Competition Regulations 2016

12 November 201631 October 2016 by VELMA Law

New Electricity (Market Re-Organisation and Promotion of Competition) Regulations 2016 were published on 21 October 2016.

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