Tanzania, Zambia and Kenya will open their first direct phone lines with each other as the Southern and East African countries add telecommunications links to a multi-million dollar power cable project, officials said on Tuesday according to the World Bank press review.
Energy and Water Development Minister George Mpombo said the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (ECA) had agreed to set up a fibre optic cable link by piggybacking an existing power inter-connector which links the countries electricity grids.
The bulk of the power projects financing will come from the World Bank with the countries involved also providing funds.
