Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Africa50 to develop the Kenya Transmission Project on a public-private partnership basis. 

The project involves the development, financing, construction, and operation of the 400kV Lessos – Loosuk and 220kV Kisumu – Musaga transmission lines. Once completed, it will be the first Independent Power Transmission (IPT) in Kenya and will set a reference point in Africa as the first financing of transmission lines on a PPP basis. The project will also improve both the supply and reliability of power transmission in Western Kenya.