TANESCO

Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited
Company typePublic utility
IndustryEnergy
PredecessorTanganyika Electric Supply Company Ltd.
Dar es Salaam and District Electric Supply Company Ltd
Founded1964
Headquarters
Plot No. 114, Block G
Dar es Salaam Road, Dodoma
,
Tanzania
Area served
Tanzania Mainland, Zanzibar
Key people
Engineer Gissima Nyamo-Hanga (MD)
ProductsElectricity
ServicesElectricity Generation, Electricity transmission, Electricity Distribution
RevenueIncreaseTSh 2,282 billion (FY 2022)
IncreaseTSh 109.4 billion (FY 2022)
Total assetsIncreaseTSh 19,572 billion (FY 2022)
Total equityIncreaseTSh 3,922 billion (FY 2022)
OwnerTanzanian Government (100%)
Number of employees
10,320
WebsiteTanesco website

The Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) is a Tanzanian parastatal organisation established in 1964. It is wholly owned by the government of Tanzania. The Ministry of Energy and Minerals regulates the operations of TANESCO.[1]

Its business include: electricity generation, electricity transmission, electricity distribution and sale of electricity to the Tanzanian mainland and bulk power supply to the island of Zanzibar.

The company has a workforce of 7,300 persons. Its main offices are located in Ubungo west of Dar es Salaam central business district and it operates regional offices throughout Tanzania.[2]

  1. ^ "Tanesco". Millennium Challenge Account – Tanzania. Ministry of Finance: Tanzania. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. ^ Tanesco, Contact Us