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This policy brief offers a timely and strategic analysis of how five Eastern African countries — Tanzania, Burundi, Comoros, Ethiopia, and Kenya — are translating the Mission 300 agenda into concrete national energy commitments. Framed around the five pillars of the Mission 300 initiative, the brief examines how these countries aim to expand affordable power generation, strengthen regional electricity trade, accelerate last-mile electrification, mobilize private investment, and improve utility performance.

At the heart of the brief is a clear message: Eastern Africa is entering a decisive decade for energy transformation. The countries reviewed share an ambition to achieve universal or near-universal electricity access by 2030, while also shifting strongly toward renewable energy sources such as hydropower, geothermal, solar, and wind. Yet the brief shows that ambition alone will not be enough. Progress will depend on credible sequencing, especially in countries such as Burundi and Comoros, where grid rehabilitation, loss reduction, and utility reform must come before large-scale generation expansion.

For policymakers, investors, development partners, and energy-sector practitioners, this brief provides a concise but comprehensive roadmap of where opportunities and risks lie. It combines country-level targets, financing needs, reform priorities, and implementation challenges into one accessible analysis.