ZAMBIA

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22.03.2017 , On the occasion of World Water Day 2017

Group Washing Facilities: an efficient way to fight against bad sanitation

GIZ and UNICEF published a collection of exemplary designs for group handwashing facilities in schools entitled “Scaling up Group Handwashing in...

17.02.2017 , Bart Magura

An integral approach to electrify off-grid Zambian villages

According to the world energy outlook 2016 study of the International Energy Agency, only five percent of the scattered rural population in Zambia has...

10.02.2017 , Danstan Kaunda

Zambia tries new way to beat drought: solar grain mills

For Inonge Imutowana, buying food for her family of six is becoming increasingly costly. On the outskirts of the capital, a 25-kilo bag of staple...

07.08.2016 , ZIPAR

Lack of access to clean energy and secondary school education are part of the biggest contributors to poverty - not only in Zambia

Lack of access to clean Energy and secondary school education attainment remained part of the biggest contributors to acute poverty in Zambia in 2014....

01.02.2016 , The Overseas Development Institute (ODI), GOGLA, Practical Action and SolarAid

Accelerating access to electricity in Africa with off-grid solar

These reports present evidence of the impact of solar household systems, reviews the market in the region and 13 selected countries in sub-Saharan...

02.09.2014 , A. Ellegard / A. Arvidson / M. Nordström / O.S. Kalamiana / C. Mwanza

Rural people pay for solar! Seven lessons learned from Zambia

A pilot project in Zambia shows that solar services can be provided by local rural companies at rates that are affordable by rural people. Seven main...

28.01.2014 , Worldvision

Solar electricity becomes a beacon of hope in rural Zambia

Winnie Nalube is lit up. Her high school in rural Zambia has just got lights and she’s thrilled with the possibilities it presents. “The classrooms...

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11.04.2019

Zambia: Engie’s first mini-grid inaugurated, in presence of executive committee

French company Engie inaugurated a mini-grid in Chitandika, a Zambian town. The Power Corner...

05.04.2019

Engie expands PV home system business in Zambia

French power group Engie has announced plans to expand Fenix, its PV home system unit for the...

30.03.2019

Zambia: Solar could boost water supply, energy demand

With that recent bold step, our nation Zambia is heading in the right direction because solar energy...

20.03.2019

Energy access means jobs in Zambia: new data

Governments and donors in sub-Saharan Africa that adopt coordinated approaches to electrifying rural...

07.02.2019

Zambia On Track to Energy Surplus Following Major Boost in Electricity Production

Zambia's constant power cuts are now a thing of the past. Thanks to a robust hydraulic and solar...

01.02.2019

China-funded solar-powered milling plants constructed in Zambia

About 1,830 solar-powered milling plants have so far been constructed in various parts of Zambia out...

27.01.2019

Rural poverty in Zambia can’t be eliminated without access to electricity

World Bank senior energy specialist Christopher Saunders says access to electricity is extremely...

19.01.2019

World Bank bestows USD 26.5m to Zambia govt to boost rural electrification

The five-year project, which was approved in 2017, is vowed to offer electricity supply to around...

13.12.2018

How Zambia is diversifying its energy sources

Zambia has massively scaled up its efforts to diversify its energy sources and make its energy...

23.11.2018

Zambia:30 solar hammer mills installed in Kazungula

The government has completed the installation of 30 solar powered hammer mills in Kazungula...

06.11.2018

Zambia: Solar hammermill eases life

The key outcomes of the plan include economic diversification and job creation; poverty and...

04.11.2018

Zambia: Lungu unveils smart safe water supply scheme

The project was implemented by MECB Consulting in partnership with the Lusaka City Council and...

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