DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 9 -- ECONOMISTS have welcomed the governments plan to involve the private sector in electricity transmission and distribution, describing the move as crucial to improving power supply in line with the countrys growing electricity generation capacity.

They said the approach would mobilise private capital, ease pressure on the government budget, meet rising electricity demand and free up public resources for other development priorities.

The experts views follow the recent two-day Africa50 General Shareholders Meeting and Infra for Africa Forum in Dar es Salaam, where Tanzania signed several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), including an agreement aimed at integrating private investment into the expansion of electrici...