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President Mnangagwa announced last year that Rwanda had agreed to support Zimbabwe in the rural electrification programme. Subsequent to the announcement, both countries have made significant progress in rolling out the US$800 million project.
President Mnangagwa announced last year that Rwanda had agreed to support Zimbabwe in the rural electrification programme. Subsequent to the announcement, both countries have made significant progress in rolling out the US$800 million project. It is expected that by the end of this month, the modalities for implementing the massive project will be finalised. According to the state-owned Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), the multi-million project involves nine different projects from generation, transmission, and distribution to customer services. The majority of Zimbabweans live in rural areas with some far away from the grid network. Therefore the US$800 million programme is expected to bridge its energy access gap and also steer Zimbabwe to achieve goal number 7 of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) which seeks to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all classes of citizens by 2030.
A rural electrification programme is expected to accelerate development and economic activities in rural areas and enable people in rural areas to participate in the economy. Zimbabwe’s investment in off-grid power generation will ease the pressure on its overstretched national grid which is stressed by rising urbanisation and increased activity in sectors like mining.
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Africa remains the world’s least electrified continent. Almost 600 million people have no access to electricity, according to the Energy Progress Report 2022 published by the United Nations. It has been estimated that electrification for all in sub-Saharan Africa, will require investments of at least US$31 billion per year by 2030.
