Zambia
Finance and Policy
Zambia must use renewable natural resource to revive its economy
Zambia's economic growth is forecast to weaken to 2.5% in 2019, unless the country take advantage of its renewable natural resource to revive its economy.
News
PayGo Solar Satellite TV in Zambia, launched
Azuri Technologies has officially launched its 24-inch solar satellite television and home lighting system in Zambia at the British High Commission in Lusaka.
Business and markets
World Bank debars Chinese tech firm linked to fraudulent practices
The World Bank has debarred ZTT in connection with fraudulent practices under the Lusaka Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation Project in Zambia.
Future Energy
Zambia: 34MW Ngonye solar PV plant comes online
The 34MW Ngonye solar PV plant, which is located in Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone in the country’s south, has commenced operations.
Finance and Policy
GET FiT Zambia launches RfP for 100MW solar PV tender
The Zambian Ministry of Energy and the GET FiT Zambia Secretariat have launched the Request for Proposal (RfP) stage of Round 1 of GET...
Business and markets
Zambia | Construction commences for Ngonye solar plant
The Enel Group’s global renewable energies division, Enel Green Power, has started the construction of the 34MW Ngonye solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, marking its...
Africa
Africa Energy Marketplace to accelerate project execution
“Energy powers economies and every delay in power project execution keep our people in darkness,” underscored AfDB's Vice-President for power, energy, climate and green...
Business and markets
Zambia obtains $50m to advance its renewable energy programme
Facing a serious electricity supply deficit due to recent droughts, Zambia’s government launched the Renewable Energy Feed-in-Tariff (REFiT) policy in 2017 to crowd in...
Africa
Zambia: Project bankability remains a challenge for solar market
The solar market is making headlines in this southern African country but project bankability continues to be an issue.
ESI Africa conversed with senior associate,...
Business and markets
Zambia to implement cost-reflective tariffs appropriately
The Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) is urging Zambia to implement the planned migration to cost-reflective electricity tariffs on a case by case basis because...
