Tanzania’s state-run
power company announced on Wednesday daily 16-hour power cuts for a
week starting from Thursday, due to an expected shortfall of up to 350
megawatts on the national grid.
The Tanzania
Electric Supply Company said gold mines, factories and other major
energy users had agreed to cut down power consumption during the
week-long blackouts.
East Africa’s second
largest economy has been plagued by frequent power-outages since
December, prompting the International Monetary Fund to revise its 2011
growth forecast for Tanzania to 6 per cent from a previous 7.2 per cent.
