DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 12 -- MORE than 5,000 households in Ukara Island, Ukerewe District in Mwanza Region have benefited from the first phase of a solar project 'Micro Power Economy, Tanzania Roll-out' implemented by JUMEME Rural Power Supply Limited.
That was recently said in U kerewe by one of the JUMEME Directors, Prof Costa Mahalu, while addressing European Union (EU ) and Rural Energy Agency (REA) officials, who visited one of the solar projects in the district.
Prof Mahalu noted that apart from the households, many small scale entrepreneurs and industries, as well as community facilities such as hospitals and village water utilities are among the beneficiaries.
"JUMEME has so far electrified 20 villages in ten different Islands, stim...