Zambian Power Trader Kanona Plans $100 Million Link to Tanzania

A Zambian energy trader plans to build a $100 million power-transmission line to neighboring Tanzania — the first such connection — to help boost electricity supplies to copper mines seeking alternative energy sources.

Kanona Power Co.’s planned high-voltage line, which it expects will take a year to build, may be completed before a larger World Bank–financed transmission project that’s seeking to become the first to complete the final link connecting grids stretching from Cape Town to Cairo.