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Jun

17,163 households from Kigoma,Muyura, Kibirizi and Ntyazo sectors in Nyanza District and Gikonko, Mamba, Gishubi, Muganza & Mukindo sectors in Gisagara District are now connected to on-grid electricity, thanks to the fund donated by Saudi Arabia government.

This project which started in 2011 was achieved in 2023 and it covered 195km of medium voltage (MV), 387km of Low Voltage (LV), 133 transformers in the  said sectors of Nyanza and Gisagara Districts respectively.

Reema Alashgar from Saudi Arabia who was in Rwanda to follow up how the funds were utilized, thanked Rwanda Energy Group for completing the project and connecting 17,163 households.

“We are very satisfied on how the project was implemented, we made field visits in different sectors where the project was executed and witnessed the changes, this was the first phase of the project, now we want to fund the same districts with electric cooking stoves to avoid the use archaic fire woods.” Disclosed Reema.

Currently, arounds 65% of Nyanza households are connected to electricity and 66% in Gisagara are also connected. The Government of Rwanda aims at universal access to electricity in the near future. Approximately 77.5 % of households in Rwanda are connected to electricity.

The fund from Saudi Arabia helped to boost the number of connections in the said districts.