Engineering News 24 May 2010.

Regional power pools have the potential to improve the security of electricity supply in sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the continent, but a lack of regulatory procedures and legal frameworks for the coordination of infrastructure development were hampering the process, growth consultancy Frost & Sullivan has found…

http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/power-pool-systems-could-improve-africas-security-of-supply-2010-05-24

Note that the level of power imports to be allowed is one of the IRP2 input parameters and this will be affected by the effectiveness of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP).