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ZANZIBAR ENERGY SECTOR TRANSFORMATION AND ACCESS PROJECT (ZESTA)

The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar (RGoZ) through the Ministry of Water, Energy and Minerals under the Zanzibar Electricity Corporation intends to undertake the Zanzibar Energy Sector Transformation and Access project (ZESTA) with the support of the World Bank.

The project development objective is to expand access to reliable and clean electricity services and to create an enabling environment for publicly financed scale sector participation in the Zanzibar electricity sector. The proposed project has three main components to be implemented within six years from 2020/21 to 2025/2026 financial year. They include:

Renewable Energy and Storage Infrastructure Development;
Grid Modernization and Access Scale-up;
Sector Institutional Strengthening and Project Implementation Support.

The project will support the implementation of the ZECO Electrification Master Plan (EMP) by financing the strategic grid extension, strengthening, and modernizing the infrastructures.

The project (ZESTA) will be implemented in all three regions in Zanzibar (Urban and West region, Southern region and Northern region), and the project will support for a publicly solar park with a 10-15MW solar PV plant and a stand-alone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), Grid Modernization and Access Scale-up that will finance on the following major activities of construction of 132kV backbone transmission infrastructure, Distribution network strengthening and access scale-up, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Sector Institutional Strengthening and Project Implementation Support.

The project will modernize the Zanzibar electricity network to better harness domestic renewable energy resource and expand reliable access to electricity to its citizens and provide cheaper, reliable and quality power to boost socio-economic development in the country.

The disclosed environmental and social risk management documents are Environmental and Social Management Framework, Environmental and Social Commitment Plan, Labor Management Procedures, Resettlement Policy Framework and Stakeholders Engagement Plan with their respective executive summaries in both English and Swahili languages.

Please click the below links to access those documents

Environmental And Social Management Framework(ESMF)

ESMF(Executive Summary Swahili and English)

Environmental And Social Commitment Plan

Environmental And Social Commitment Plan-Swahili

Labour Management Procedures(LMP)

LMP(Executive summary Swahili and English)

Resettlement Policy Framework(RPF)

RPF(Executive summary swahili and English)

Stakeholders Engagement Plan(SEP)

SEP(Executive summary Swahili and English)

ZECO YATAKIWA KUBORESHA HUDUMA

Shirika la Umeme Zanzibar (ZECO) limeshauriwa kuboresha huduma zake zaidi katika eneo la huduma za dharura ili kupunguza malalamiko kwa wateja wake.

Wakichangia ripoti iliyowasilishwa na Meneja Mkuu Shirika la Umeme Zanzibar juu ya utendaji wa Shirika hilo kwa mwezi Julai hadi Disemba 2020, wajumbe wa kamati ya Mawasiliano, Ardhi na Nishati ya Baraza la Wawakilishi katika afisi za Shirika zilizopo Gulioni Zanzibar wamesema kuwa licha ya Shirika kupiga hatua kubwa za usambazaji umeme pamoja na uimarishaji wa miundo mbinu ya umeme mapungufu yaliyobakia kwa Shirika ni kuchelewa kutatua matatizo kwa uharaka.

Wamesema kuwa kuboreka kwa huduma za umeme nchini kutapelekea kukuza uchumi wa nchi na hata kuongeza mapato ya Shirika jambo ambalo litapelekea Shirika hilo kuongeza gawio Serikalini.