In This Post You Will Find Taarifa Ya TANESCO Kuhusu Kukatika Kwa Umeme, Taarifa Kwa Vyombo Vya Habari. the Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) is a parastatal organization in Tanzania. The Tanzanian government is its only owner. The activities of TANESCO are governed by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals.
Its operations span electricity production, transmission, distribution, and sale to the Tanzanian mainland as well as bulk power supply to the island of Zanzibar.
There are 7,300 people working for the company. It has regional offices all across Tanzania and its main offices are in Ubungo, west of Dar es Salaam’s core business area.
Taarifa Ya TANESCO Kuhusu Kukatika Kwa Umeme
German colonial officials in Dar-es-Salaam first provided electricity to Tanzania (Tanganyika) in 1908. A government electricity department was established after the British mandate was established and took control of energy production and transmission throughout the territory.
Two private nations, Tanganyika Electric Supply Company Ltd. (Tanesco) and Dar es Salaam and District Electric Supply Company Ltd., received electricity in 1931. (Danesco).
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Tanesco started conducting business in the Tanga Region in 1933 with the installation of the first diesel generator. On the Pangani River, the first dam was erected in 1936. In 1959, the company had 400 km of supply lines and a total capacity of 17.5MW. Tanesco obtained the contract to sell extra electricity generated by the hydro project to Mombasa, Kenya, on February 12, 1948.
Tanesco’s managerial activities are carried out at Umeme Park, which is the company’s headquarters and is situated in Ubungo, Dar es Salaam. The managing director is responsible for the company’s management.
The managing director at the moment is Mr. Maharage Chande, who was chosen in April 2021 by president Samia Suluhu Hassan. The corporation is divided into the following functional groups: Human Resources, Investment, Finance, Information, Communication and Technology, Transmission, Distribution, and Customer Services.