This project undertaken by Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) through its subsidiary Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), aims at strengthening the electricity transmission grid in Zimbabwe, which is at the core of energy trade along the Central Corridor linking the northern parts of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) with the main load and generation hub in South Africa. The project aims at building a 160 km, 400 kV power transmission line from Chinhoyi to Kwekwe and includes construction of substations, installation of transformers and installation of power control units.

The 330 kV transmission line will connect Kolwezi in D.R. Congo to the district of Solwezi in Zambia, through the Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) network at Lumwana or Kalumbila Substation and the future Société Nationale d’Electricité (SNEL) network at Kolwezi NRO substation. The Kolwezi–Solwezi interconnection will greatly contribute to the stability of both ZESCO and SNEL networks, especially in the southern part of Congo. In particular, it will support SNEL’s network in the Katanga area, and will also provide additional transmission capacity for exports from Zambia and other SAPP (Southern African Power Pool) member countries to D.R. Congo, and conversely.

Both Equiano and 2Africa are subsea cables that will connect Africa to Europe. Equiano subsea cable is a private international cable funded by Google running from Portugal to South Africa along the West Coast of Africa. The cable foresees branching units along the way that can be used to extend connectivity from Europe to additional African countries. The cable was landed at Swakopmund in June 2022 by landing partners Paratus Group and Telecom Namibia, which were contracted to build and operate the landing station. 2Africa will be the longest submarine cable system ever deployed with a length of over 45,000 km. It is also a private subsea cable with 8 partnering companies, and will connect Europe to Africa and further east to Asia with the 2Africa PEARLS branch extending the 2Africa cable to the Arabian Gulf, India and Pakistan.

This is part of an overall 1 335 km road corridor stretching from Lusaka, Zambia to the Port of Nacala in Mozambique, through Malawi. A total of 89 km of road section is being rehabilitated in Malawi. The construction of the Nsipe-Liwonge Road is a 76 km-section connecting the central and southern regions of Malawi. The Chiponde/Mandimba Border Post is located up north. A Feasibility study for the construction the OSBP was launched by the Malawi Authorities in 2021.