Zim remains in energy poverty: Minister

ZIMBABWE expects a power supply deficit of up to 2 800 megawatts (MW) from the current 500MW by the end of 2025 due to rising demand from mining and smelting companies, Energy minster Edgar Moyo has said.

Addressing investors yesterday at a plenary theatre in Barcelona, Spain, Moyo also said only 23,4% of rural households were connected to the national electricity grid.

Moyo said Zimbabwe was looking for investors in energy generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure, and capacity building programmes.

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