Lobito Corridor Electrification Project Feasibility Study
September 22, 2026
- October 26, 2026
Anzana Electric Group Limited (“Anzana”) invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the “Proposal”) from interested U.S. firms that are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to execute a Feasibility Study for increasing hydropower generation capacity and improving electricity distribution networks to support critical mining operations within the Lobito Corridor areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Zambia. The Proposal submission deadline is October 26, 2026 at 3:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $3,000,000 grant to Anzana from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.
About the Grantee
Anzana is a Mauritius-based company that develops, finances, constructs, and operates power generation and distribution utilities in the DRC, Zambia, Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania. Anzana has experience pioneering large-scale, public-private utility models across Sub-Saharan Africa, including the launch of Weza Power in Burundi, a PPP utility Anzana launched in collaboration with the Government of Burundi in 2023 to expand grid access to nearly 70 percent of the country’s population. Anzana also has experience developing generation assets, including its participation in the Ruzizi III hydropower project which is expected to reach financial close in 2026 and will provide 206 MW of power generation to Burundi, Rwanda, and the DRC.
Project Background
The Copperbelt region is a mineral-rich region that straddles the DRC and Zambia, including the provinces of Lualaba and Haut-Katanga in the DRC and Zambia’s Copperbelt and North-Western provinces. The Lobito Corridor is a G7 project in Africa designed to connect the Copperbelt to the Port of Lobito in Angola via multiple logistics and rail investments, enabling more direct transport of copper, cobalt, and other minerals to U.S. and European markets. Anzana is developing this Project with the aim to improve power reliability and access for critical mining and industrial operations as well as a population of over three million people in the Lualaba Province in southeastern DRC and the Copperbelt and North-Western provinces of Zambia.
About the Study
Anzana requests USTDA assistance to fund project preparation activities for the Project in both the DRC and Zambia. Given the different stages of development and requirements of the Project in each country, study tasks are tailored to each market as needed. For both markets it will include an electrification expansion plan, U.S. sources of supply, stakeholder workshops, drafting legal documentation, and a business plan. In the DRC specifically, it would also include assessment of the existing electric distribution system, mining energy demand forecasts, new generation rehabilitation plans, and a Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment. In Zambia specifically, the study will develop EPC tender documents, economic and financial analysis, an Environmental and Social Management Framework, and 5 project-level full ESIAs.
