Last week, President Hakainde Hichilema travelled to Egypt on a State visit. The State visit included high-level discussions on trade, investment, and development cooperation between Zambia and Egypt. As reported by the Zambia Daily Mail dated 25th February 2025, 9 Memorandum of Understanding were signed including in the field of Agriculture. Indeed, Zambia has a lot to learn from Egypt not just in agriculture research, mechanisation and water harvesting but also in Energy. The Egypt State visit like the Japan trip offered significant lessons for Zambia in the energy space. According to the World Bank data, Egypt reached 100% electrification in 2022 meaning the entire population has access to electricity. On the other hand, Zambia is still grappling with poor electricity access hovering around a national average of 40% electrification rate. How did Egypt manage to reach 100% electrification rate including in villages? How did Egypt manage to install 59.5 Giga Watts (GW) of electricity […]
HH STATE VISIT TO EGYPT: ENERGY S LESSONS ECTOR
