New African regional power line seen by 2015

About 1,447 kilometres long, the high voltage transmission line will start at Serenje in the south of Zambia, snake along to Mbeya and Arusha in Tanzania before landing in Kenya's capital Nairobi.

"The total cost of the project is estimated at $780 million out of which $380 million will be (the) section in Zambia, $310 million in Tanzania and $90 million in Kenya," Israel Phiri, manager at the Office for Promoting Private Investment at Zambia's Ministry of Energy and Water Development told Reuters in response to emailed questions.