Kenya 🇰🇪 Teachers Are The Most Well Paid In East Africa

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ANALYSIS By Dorris Otieno Kenyan teachers are not only the best paid in East Africa, but also earn almost 12 times more than the country's average pay, a comparative study by Nation Newsplex and the Institute of Economic Affairs reveals. Even as teachers go on strike for the 12th time since their first industrial action in 1962, the analysis, which compares teachers' salaries in Kenya with those of their peers in select African countries , also finds that the lowest-paid teacher in Kenya earns more than the highest-paid teacher in Uganda. Uganda and South Africa were chosen as countries against which to compare wages of teachers because they have the most up-to-date data against which the comparison could be made. While Tanzania was not included in the comparison because only average pay for the year 2011 was available, even its figures indicated that Kenyan teachers earn more than their Tanzanian counterparts. The highest paid Kenyan teacher earns almost 12 times more than the...
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Investment Opportunity Available in the Energy Sector in Tanzania

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Tanzania is endowed with diverse energy sources including biomass, natural gas, hydro, coal, geothermal, solar and wind power and uranium, much of which is untapped. Commercial energy sources i.e., petroleum and electricity, account for about 8% and 1.2%, respectively, of the primary energy, used. Coal, solar and wind account for less than 1%. 

Tanzania has per capita electricity consumption of 46/KWh per annum, which is growing at the rate of 11 - 13 per cent. Hence the government is encouraging investment to expand generating capacity, distribution system and developing indigenous sources of energy.

At present, 21% of the population with about 7.4 percent in the rural areas has access to electricity. Considerable scope exists for accelerating the production of electricity to meet the growing demand especially in the rural areas through off-grid solutions.

The Tanzania power sector is dominated by a single vertically integrated national utility, Tanzania Electricity Supply Company Ltd (TANESCO). The total grid installed generation capacity of both TANESCO’s power plants and private producers is currently at 1,438.24 MW, whereby 561 MW is generated from TANESCO owned hydro power stations and thermal 658 MW. National electricity connectivity is about 14%. The contribution of non-hydro renewable energy for power generation is less than 5%.

The following investment opportunities exist in the energy sector:

• Generation, transportation, and distribution of energy from various sources
• Power infrastructure development, rehabilitation, and expansion
• Extraction of biofuels – Ethanol from sugar; Biodiesel from palm oil and jatropha
• Construction of Petroleum pipeline and Petroleum products offloading terminals development of up-country storage and distribution facilities
• Geothermal exploration and development
• Rural Electrification
• Development of new and renewable energy resources, and
• Promotion of energy efficiency and conservation initiatives.

Tanzania is a participating member of Southern African Power Pool and Eastern Africa Power Pool. Tanzania plans to join various regional interconnectors to countries like Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Rwanda. These interconnectors provide opportunities for power trading in the region.

Woodfuel accounts for up to 90% of total national energy consumption, with about 2% from electricity and 8% from petroleum products. Whereas Tanzania has plentiful natural gas, coal, hydropower, solar and biomass resource potential; it has one of the world’s lowest levels of electricity consumption per capita. Considerable scope exists for accelerating electrification to meet the growing demand, especially in the rural areas through off-grid solutions.

Location: Tanzania

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