Bosnian engineering company Energoinvest said on Wednesday it had signed a $39.5 million (35.9 million euro) turnkey deal with Tanzania Electric Supply Company for the construction of a 400 kV transmission line in the African country.
Energoinvest was awarded the deal in consortium with Indian company EMC, Energoinvest said in a statement on its website. The consortium is led by the Bosnian company, it added.
The works are a part of a Kenya-Tanzania power interconnection project, which consists of three lots.
The consortium will work on Lot 3, which foresees the construction of a 400 kV transmission line from Arusha (Tanzania) to the border with Kenya, a distance of 114 km.
The deadline for the completion of works is 22 months.