Zambia: Solar Power in Zambia - 'If It Works for My Neighbour, I'll Try It Too'

Zambia: Solar Power in Zambia - 'If It Works for My Neighbour, I'll Try It Too'

Analysis - In sunny Zambia, fewer than 6% of rural people have access to electricity, leaving over 94% in darkness.

Solar power in Zambia: ‘If it works for my neighbour, I’ll try it too’

In sunny Zambia, fewer than 6% of rural people have access to electricity, leaving over 94% in darkness. Zambia could tap into solar power to light up its rural areas, but this potential has yet to be exploited. So far, only 3.23% of its installed electricity generation capacity is solar based. Even this is mainly used for basic energy services such as lighting and cellphone charging. This means that rural Zambians still have no clean source of …

Zambia needs $11.9bn solar project

MINISTER of Green Economy and Environment, Mike Mposha, says government needs $11.9 billion to reach its target of adding 1,000 megawatts of solar power to the national grid, with $9.5 billion expected to come from the private sector. Mposha says with support from the World Bank, Zambia is implem