Kumbirai Makanza, REEEP’s Renewable Energy Finance Expert, will join two high-level investor sessions at the Tanzania Investment Summit 2026, bringing REEEP’s concessional finance and technical assistance expertise to Tanzania’s premier investment conference.
The Tanzania Investment Summit 2026, convened by the Tanzania Investment Growth Facility (TIGF) under the joint patronage of the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) and UNDP Tanzania, opens today at the Gran Meliá Hotel in Arusha. The two-day summit brings together Tanzania’s infrastructure investment pipeline, spanning energy, water, transport, tourism, the blue economy and agro-processing, with a curated audience of global investors, development finance institutions and domestic financial institutions.
REEEP has been invited to speak at two of the summit’s sector investment rooms, which are structured to move beyond general dialogue toward specific investor-project matches: lead institutions present their pipeline projects and financing requirements and investor discussants respond with their instruments and mandate fit. Kumbirai will share REEEP’s position on concessional capital and technical assistance, filling a gap that commercial DFIs cannot.
Tanzania’s energy sector is entering a pivotal phase of growth, creating a strong pipeline of opportunities for investors looking to support the country’s transition to reliable, affordable and sustainable power. This session will bring together Tanzania’s leading energy institutions and development finance partners to explore how strategic investment can accelerate electrification while delivering long-term commercial and development returns.
The conversation will focus on practical pathways to investment. Topics include the role of concessional finance and technical assistance in improving project bankability, the value of energy efficiency and demand-side management in strengthening project economics and lessons from successful co-investment models in comparable markets. The session will also examine how strategic partnerships between Tanzanian institutions and international financiers can help move projects from concept to financial close.
Designed as a highly action-oriented discussion, the session aims to move beyond broad sector analysis and towards tangible outcomes, identifying areas of alignment between project sponsors and investors and laying the groundwork for future transactions and partnerships.
Water Infrastructure Investment Opportunities
Tuesday 2 June | 13:45–15:00 | Sector Investment Room A
Water infrastructure is both a development imperative and an investment opportunity in Tanzania, delivering both transformative development impact and attractive investment potential. In this session, the National Water Fund and Ministry of Water will showcase a pipeline of flagship projects, highlighting their scale, revenue models, cost-recovery mechanisms and financing needs. Investor discussants will then share how different financing instruments can help bring these projects to market.
The discussion will explore why water infrastructure matters far beyond the water sector itself. Investments in water systems can improve public health, boost agricultural productivity, strengthen local economies and contribute directly to sustainable development goals, making them attractive to both impact-focused and conventional infrastructure investors.
A particular focus will be on innovative financing approaches that capture the full value of water infrastructure. Connections with agriculture and energy, especially hydropower generation, create significant co-benefits that are often overlooked in traditional project assessments. By recognising these broader economic and environmental returns, projects may attract new investor groups and unlock more diverse sources of capital.
REEEP’s participation in the Tanzania Investment Summit reflects our broader positioning as a bridge between public climate finance and private infrastructure investment — particularly in markets where the financing gap is structural rather than transient. Tanzania’s energy and water pipelines offer precisely the kind of opportunity in which REEEP’s instruments, deployed alongside those of other development finance partners, can make a meaningful difference in what gets built.
