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Tanzania is an East African country located in the African Great Lakes region. Tanzania has an electrification rate of around 40%. Urban areas have around 71% electrification, and rural areas have around 23%. Due to the remoteness of these rural areas, Tanzania has been an ideal location for small residential solar arrays. Among the rural households with electricity access, 65% of the households get their electricity from solar. To improve the electrification, Tanzania is implementing their National Rural Electrification Program, with the goal of increasing the electrification to 50% by 2024, and a further 75% by 2033 [17].

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Petrovic, S., Margoshes, N. (2023). Tanzania. In: Petrovic, S. (eds) World Energy Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31625-8_13

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