Energy development in the countries of the East African sub-region

Abstract

This Paper deals with primary energy, resources and their production, trade and consumption for the period 1959-1963. In the part dealing with electric energy, the existing power installations (capacity, production, trade and consumption), and generation costs and tariffs are discussed in so far as particulars were available. Only a few official data are known on the future development in electric energy. At the end of this paper, recommendations are given for future work' in the energy field so that energy as a constituent factor in the economy would be able to contribute its share to the harmonization of industrial development in the East African sub-region.