Burundi has signed a 25-year public-private partnership with Weza Power, an Anzana Electric Group company, to mobilize US$1.4 billion for electricity distribution. Announced on 16 October, the agreement assigns Weza network investment and operations in about half the country while REGIDESO retains distribution responsibility in the other half. The company says the programme targets more than 50% grid access from about 15%, with 52,000 km of new or upgraded lines and over 1.2 million new household and business connections. The financing is structured to combine commercial and concessional capital; delivery and connection targets remain forward-looking commitments. Anzana’s release, dated 16 October 2026, says the agreement was signed the previous day. It estimates that the programme could give first-time or improved electricity access to eight million people. REGIDESO will continue supplying electricity through the national transmission network. Anzana projects more than 2,000 direct installation and operating jobs and over 30,000 indirect jobs. The company links the concession to Burundi’s National Energy Compact under Mission 300, the World Bank Group and African Development Bank initiative. These access and employment figures are company projections, not independently measured results. Energy minister Hassan Kibeya put Burundi’s installed generation capacity at approximately 183 MW, arguing that distribution investment was needed to bring existing and future supply to productive users. The release says the concession combines tariff and performance obligations with a commercially sustainable framework. Anzana has operated in Burundi through Songa Energy since 2018, with one hydropower plant operating and another under construction. Nexus analysis: This is primarily a distribution concession, not an announcement of equivalent new generation capacity. Its economic relevance to farms, businesses and mineral processing depends on connections and service delivery; the stated financing mobilisation should not be read as confirmation that all capital has been disbursed.
- Anzana Electric Group
Burundi signs $1.4bn, 25-year electrification partnership
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