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Ethiopia starts selling power to Kenya, eyes $100m annual returns

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Ethiopia on November 17, 2022 officially started commercial power exports to Kenya, the state power utility Ethiopian Electric Power announced. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

By  Tesfa-Alem Tekle

Correspondent in Addis Abba, Ethiopia

Nation Media Group

Ethiopia on Thursday officially started commercial power exports to Kenya, the state power utility Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) announced.

The long-awaited power sale to Nairobi comes one week after Ethiopia conducted a successful test run of electricity supply to Kenya via the 500KV cross-border transmission power line built to link power grids of the two neighbours.

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