Bosaso power grid project (AfDB)
An African Development Bank project to rebuild and extend Bosaso's electricity network, appraised in November 2025 at UA 18.021 million for 2026 to 2030. The design targets include 36 km of new 33 kV and 15 km of new 11 kV lines, four 33/11 kV substations, and prepaid meters and solar home systems. The report puts Bosaso's installed generation at 24.18 MW, almost all diesel. The quantities are design targets, not works done.
- Planned
- Sourced, not yet verified
The project in brief
- Place
- Bosaso, Puntland
- Type
- Power and energy
- Status
- Planned: AfDB appraises a UA 18 million Bosaso grid project for 2026 to 2030
- Value
- UA 18.021 million, total project cost as appraised, in AfDB units of account
- Start
- 2026, as appraised (implementation period 2026 to 2030)
- Expected completion
- 2030, as appraised
- Completed
- Not published
- Progress
- Not published
- Last checked
- 21 September 2026
Organisations named
- Funder: African Development Fund, UA 7.0 million, as appraised.
What the sources report
- November 2025
AfDB appraises a UA 18 million Bosaso grid project for 2026 to 2030
The AfDB appraisal report puts the Bosaso power grid project at UA 18.021 million, with UA 7.0 million from the ADF, UA 10.0 million from the Transition Support Facility and UA 1.021 million in-kind counterpart, an implementation period of 2026-2030 and a board presentation planned for 5 December 2025.
- November 2025
51 km of new medium-voltage lines and four 33/11 kV substations for Bosaso
Under subcomponent I.2, 13 km of 15 kV network will be rehabilitated to 11 kV, 36 km of new 33 kV and 15 km of new 11 kV lines built, four 33/11 kV substations of 7.5 MVA introduced, and twenty pole-mounted transformers and ten load break switches installed.
- November 2025
Bosaso's power today: 24.18 MW installed, 14.59 MW available, almost all diesel
The report states Bosaso's installed generation is 24.18 MW with about 14.59 MW available, comprising 23.18 MW of diesel and 1 MW of solar without storage, owned and operated by Puntland Electric Power Company, whose generation is about 75 percent of the total.
- November 2025
Prepaid meters and solar home systems: the grid project's second component
Component 2 of the project, UA 0.892 million, covers supply and installation of smart or prepaid energy meters and standalone solar home systems, alongside UA 13.42 million for infrastructure construction.
Related coverage
Sources and their limits
- African Development Bank: Bosaso power grid rehabilitation and expansion (ESPSEI)
Funder appraisal report, November 2025. Checked 21 September 2026.
What it does not establish: Appraisal ahead of a board presentation planned for 5 December 2025; quantities are design targets for 2026-2030, not works done.
How this record was put together
Four facts from one appraisal report about one project. PLAN-042 describes the town's generation today and is kept as context. The report's separate notes on a 3.5 MW solar plant and a diesel plant repair have their own records.