Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP)
Eastern Africa is an extended region around 5000 Km from North to South and 2500 Km from East to West involving several Eastern Africa countries. The Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) as an institution was conceived in May 2003 with the initialing of the Inter-Utility Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in November 2003 and the drafting of the Governmental Memorandum of Understanding in May 2004 to be signed by the countries in the region. Recognizing the potential benefit from developing a regional power pool, the Energy Ministers from seven (7) Eastern Africa countries, namely: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Sudan ratified the Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (IGMOU) for the establishment of the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) on February 24, 2005. The overall objective is to facilitate regional integration and hence to realize sustainable growth and development.
Since the 2005 MOU agreement, EAPP was thereafter adopted by the 2006 Summit of COMESA as a specialized Agency or Institution of Electrical Power in the region.
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