SOURCING · KENYA · UGANDA · TANZANIA · RWANDA
Electrical and power equipment: three checked supplier quotes
For contractors, utilities, factories, solar installers and electrical distributors. Tell us what you need. We call you to confirm the spec, budget and timing, then pass your request to up to three suppliers who quote you directly. It’s free for buyers.
What you can ask for
- Transformers and switchgear
- Cables and wire
- Generators
- Solar panels and inverters
- Batteries
- Motors and lighting
Something else? Describe it in the request and we’ll tell you if we can find suppliers for it.
How it works
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1
You ask
Product, quantity, budget and when you need it. Two minutes.
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2
We call you
Within one working day, to confirm the spec and that you want to hear from suppliers.
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3
Suppliers quote
Up to three, so you can compare. Your details never go to more than three.
What the region imports
Largest products first: yearly imports into Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda combined (UN Comtrade). Open one for its countries and suppliers.
- Network and data communication equipment $289.2M
- Inverters, rectifiers and power supplies $106.3M
- Smartphones $104.8M
- Colour television sets $102.0M
- Low-voltage switchboards and control panels $97.7M
- Solar panels (PV modules) $83.4M
- Parts of telecom equipment $76.1M
- Other generating sets $67.0M
- Other communication apparatus $65.7M
- Lithium-ion batteries $62.7M
- Low-voltage cable without connectors $61.9M
- Smart cards $61.6M
- Lead-acid batteries (non-starter) $52.9M
- Diesel generators, up to 75 kVA $45.3M
- High-voltage power cable $44.6M
- Printed circuit boards $43.8M
- Mobile phones $40.1M
- Large diesel generator sets $39.2M
- Electric motor and generator parts $39.0M
- Telecom antennas and parts $36.4M
- Lead-acid starter batteries $35.4M
- High-voltage switchboards and panels $34.3M
- Optical fibre cables $33.5M
- TV receivers without a screen (set-top boxes) $31.1M
- Electric cookers and ovens (household) $30.7M
- Mobile network base stations $28.6M
- Solar LED lights $26.1M
- Diesel generator sets, 75 to 375kVA $24.4M
- Parts of transformers and power converters $23.0M
- Other low-voltage switches $22.5M
- Other low-voltage wiring devices $22.2M
- LCD and LED indicator panels $21.9M
- Other electrical machines and apparatus $21.7M
- Coaxial cable $20.3M
- Other primary batteries $20.0M
- Portable electric lamps and torches $19.8M
- Other recording media $18.6M
- Large liquid-filled transformers $17.3M
- Low-voltage cables with connectors $17.3M
- Loudspeaker drivers (unmounted) $16.9M
Give the voltage, rating and standard you need (IEC, KEBS, UNBS), and the quantity.