Zimbabwe, Zambia pick US adviser for $4.5 billion Batoka hydro project
Construction of the dam project was initially scheduled to start in 2020, but was delayed due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and difficulties in securing funding.
By Bloomberg News
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Zim bucks African trend as region scrambles to avert power blackouts
Persistent and widespread blackouts are plaguing countries across Africa
By Lovemore Nyawo
Sep. 26, 2025
Load shedding here to stay, says Zesa
The Kariba hydropower plant, with a total capacity of 1,050 megawatts (MW), has seen its dependable capacity drop to as low as less than 100 megawatts.
By Sharon Buwerimwe
Dec. 22, 2024
5MW plant commissioned at Mutirikwi Dam
Old Mutual Zimbabwe chief executive Samuel Matsekete outlined the importance of PPPs in the capital intensive sector.
By Blessing Mukubwa
Nov. 21, 2024
Walk the talk on renewable energy
Yet talk of renewable energy initiatives, especially on the solar energy front, have been with us as long as we can remember.
By Newsday
Mar. 4, 2024
ZRA delivers more sad news on power generation
In a statement, ZRA chief executive Munyaradzi Munodawafa said the reduced water allocation was informed by projections of normal to below 2023/24 rainfall.
By Lorraine Muromo and Obert Siamilandu
Dec. 29, 2023
Power cuts costing Zim US$1,2bn: WB
The Bretton Woods institution said generation expansion efforts would comprise gas power plants and hydropower, in addition to more solar.
By Tatira Zwinoira and Problem Masau
Dec. 14, 2023
Climate change sucks life out of hydro-power generation
Energy Economic Group (EEG) programme director Simon Trace argues that climate is putting hydro-power under threat.
By Sydney Kawadza
Jan. 27, 2023
Zimbabwe looks to public to provide solar power amid energy crisis
Farmer Kalani Ndlovu, for instance, wants to expand his 13 kilowatt (KW) solar mini-grid — used to pump well water to fill a farm reservoir — and sell the excess power to the state.
By Thomson Reuters Foundation
Jan. 15, 2023
