Neighbouring countries, Egypt and Sudan officially connected their power grids on Friday 3 April with an initial capacity of 60 megawatts. In a communiqué published at the end of the week, the Egyptian government stated that the line linking the two states was completed in April 2019 with a length of 100 km in Egypt and 70 km in Sudan and that the actual extension of the Egyptian electricity network to the northern regions of Sudan was successfully completed on Friday morning. According to the information made public, the operation initially aims to provide Sudan with a capacity of up to 70 megawatts. The second and final phase is expected to add an additional 300 megawatts of capacity, following the upgrading of some Sudanese power plants.