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Southern African Power Pool

The Southern African Power Pool is a regional electricity cooperation organisation established to facilitate cross-border power trading and grid interconnection among member countries in southern Africa. The pool comprises 12 member utilities from countries including South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Malawi, Lesotho, Eswatini, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its mandate is to coordinate power system planning, operation and development across the region, enabling member utilities to share generation capacity and improve energy security through interconnected transmission networks. The Southern African Power Pool operates a competitive electricity market that allows utilities and independent power producers to buy and sell electricity across borders, optimising the use of diverse generation resources ranging from South Africa's coal-fired capacity to the hydroelectric potential of the Zambezi basin. The organisation manages the scheduling and dispatch of cross-border power flows, ensuring grid stability and reliability across interconnected systems. Member utilities participate in both short-term energy trading and long-term power purchase agreements facilitated by the pool's market structures. The Southern African Power Pool plays a critical role in regional energy planning, coordinating investment in new generation and transmission infrastructure to meet growing demand and integrate renewable energy sources. The organisation also provides technical support and capacity building to member utilities, promoting best practices in power system operation and market design. The Southern African Power Pool was formally established in 1995 under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community, building on earlier cooperation frameworks dating to the colonial era.

Southern African Power Pool News


Africa’s Next Energy Breakthrough Could Be the Grid That Connects It
Africa’s Next Energy Breakthrough Could Be the Grid That Connects It
Updated 4 hours ago

Africa’s next energy breakthrough may not come from building more power stations alone, but from strengthening the electricity networks that connect countries and enable power to flow across... 


Renewable energy experts discuss the upcoming launch of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market during a webinar hosted by Creamer Media Webinars.
NTCSA setting up market surveillance unit as part of preparations for SAWEM launch in April
30th September 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) reports that it will establish an internal, yet ring-fenced, market surveillance unit as a safeguard against any abuse of dominance within the... 


South African President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa calls for common market in SADC to develop industries
17th August 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The 16 Southern African Development Community countries, with a combined population of nearly 400-million people, have abundant natural resources, a youthful population and the means to produce... 


Regional Power Pools: Africa's Greatest Opportunity to Accelerate Electrification
Regional Power Pools: Africa's Greatest Opportunity to Accelerate Electrification
23rd June 2026

As Africa strives to achieve universal access to electricity while supporting economic growth and industrialisation, regional power pools are increasingly being recognised as one of the continent's... 


Minister Ramokgopa Commemorates AMEA Power's REIPPPP Bid Window 6 Milestone at Africa Energy Forum
Minister Ramokgopa Commemorates AMEA Power's REIPPPP Bid Window 6 Milestone at Africa Energy Forum
19th June 2026

AMEA Power has marked a significant milestone in South Africa's renewable energy programme, with its 120MW Solar PV Project becoming the first project procured under Bid Window 6 of the Renewable... 


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Exploration boost required to meet production goal
8th May 2026 By: Nadine Ramdass

While Zambia’s mining sector is becoming significantly more active, with an expanding project pipeline and improved turnaround at existing operations, exploration activity must accelerate... 


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Zambia resurgence signals regional growth opportunities
8th May 2026 By: Nadine Ramdass

The Zambian mining industry is resurgent and is on track to sustain double-digit growth in its production of copper, positioning the country to facilitate regional growth across Southern and East... 


Establishing Africa’s regional electricity corridors – a story of great potential and promise
Establishing Africa’s regional electricity corridors – a story of great potential and promise
25th March 2026

By: Taru Madangombe - Vice President for Power and Grid Segment, MEA at Schneider Electric The EU’s electricity network spans over  11 million kilometres, making it one of the most extensive and... 


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Policy alignment key to advance mining
30th January 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Africa’s ability to attract sustainable mining investment increasingly depends on coherent policy frameworks, regional integration and coordinated infrastructure development – an outlook that... 


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Firm’s preconfigured stack helps IPPs, traders participate in MSB market
5th December 2025

For a new Namibian independent power producer (IPP) or supplier working through Modified Single Buyer (MSB) registration and then stepping into Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) trading,... 


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Solar plant success heralds Namibia’s wheeling push
5th December 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

Making headway in the Namibian energy sector, renewable-energy solutions provider Sustainable Power Solutions’ (SPS’s) latest project – the 10 MW Maxwell solar power plant – is a wheeling project... 


Eskom CEO Dan Marokane
Marokane wants South Africa’s grid plan to be coupled to larger regional plan
5th December 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has called for South Africa’s Transmission Development Plan (TDP) to be complemented by a “regional TDP” to support the development of the grid infrastructure required to... 


Eskom CEO Dan Marokane
Marokane wants South Africa’s grid plan to be coupled to larger regional plan
17th November 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has called for South Africa’s Transmission Development Plan (TDP) to be complemented by a “regional TDP” to support the development of the grid infrastructure required to... 


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Kariba’s rehabilitation lays foundation for another 50 years of hydropower delivery
31st October 2025 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

After several delays since its launch in 2017, the $294-million Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project (KDRP), aimed at repairing decades of erosion from high-velocity water discharge and refurbishing... 


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