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Ideas · Regional power trade
Project · Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia

ZiZaBoNa interconnector (Zimbabwe-Zambia component first)

Record SAPP-P-0001 · draft, not yet reviewed by a person

Status by track

DeliveryUnknown · target 2026sources checked 16 Oct 2026
  • construction start · target: 2026
    "Construction is scheduled to begin in 2026, with commercial operations anticipated from 2028." "Construction is scheduled to begin in 2026, with commercial operations anticipated from 2028."Electricity wheeling could unlock regional power trade in Southern Africa · article text · target: 2026not yet checked by a personChecked by machine match on the editor's PC, 18 Oct 2026: word for word (docs/quote-machine-match-2026-10-18.md); not yet checked by a personSecondary source: the article names no source for the dates; no SAPP or utility statement found
    Electricity wheeling could unlock regional power trade in Southern Africa · article text · not yet checked by a person
  • expected effect (SAPP's statement)
    "This is expected to relieve transmission congestion in the central corridor." "This is expected to relieve transmission congestion in the central corridor."SAPP Quarterly Report, October to December 2025 · p.8 (PDF page; printed page may differ)wording checked against the document
    SAPP Quarterly Report, October to December 2025 · p.8 (PDF page; printed page may differ) · wording checked against the document
  • latest project stage in PIDA's database · 2019
    "S3B: Transaction Support & Financial Close (2019)" "S3B: Transaction Support & Financial Close (2019)"ZiZaBoNa Transmission Project, PIDA project database entry · project page, stage field (page carries no update date) · 2019not yet checked by a personChecked by machine match on the editor's PC, 18 Oct 2026: word for word (docs/quote-machine-match-2026-10-18.md); not yet checked by a personSecondary source: no SAPP or utility statement on the project's financial close was found; PIDA's database is the only stage tracker found
    ZiZaBoNa Transmission Project, PIDA project database entry · project page, stage field (page carries no update date) · not yet checked by a person
Not established
  • Construction status and financial close. PIDA's database leaves construction dates blank, and no financial close or construction start was found on SAPP's pages on 16 October 2026.
  • How much of the untraded energy in SAPP-K-0001 it would relieve. No source quantifies this.
FundingUnknownsources checked 16 Oct 2026
  • finance mobilisation (consultation) · 17 Dec 2025
    SAPP and ZESA held a technical consultative meeting on 17 December 2025 "to explore readiness to mobilise financial resources and accelerate investment" SAPP and ZESA held a technical consultative meeting on 17 December 2025 "to explore readiness to mobilise financial resources and accelerate investment"SAPP Quarterly Report, October to December 2025 · p.7 (PDF page; printed page may differ) · 17 Dec 2025wording checked against the document
    SAPP Quarterly Report, October to December 2025 · p.7 (PDF page; printed page may differ) · wording checked against the document

Blockers

Connections

  • Joint action or dependency with New wholesale market (SAWEM), Open access to the networks, Untraded matched energy, NamPower outages

Institutions named

A role is shown only where a quoted source says what the institution does on this reform.

Reach: 1 cross-border links, 1 blockers, 3 institutions in 3 countries or bodies. Counted from the records.