By BUUMBA CHIMBULUZAMBIA’S Ambassador to France, Christine Kaseba-Sata, has urged French companies to invest beyond the line of rail and capture the rural market as there is still a huge potential for energy investment.Dr Kaseba-Sata said access to electricity and clean cooking methods especially in rural areas by far contributed to reducing pollution related diseases due to the traditional use of biomass.Unfortunately, she said, the use of biomass for energy in emerging economies, Zambia inclusive, had continued to increase which was not only a public health risk, but also a threat to the sustainability of the environment.She was speaking in Lusaka at the Renewable Energy in Zambia Conference under the theme “Opportunities for French and Zambian compa-nies.”“Our women in rural areas spend time harvesting fuel wood which is unsustainable and in the process, they lose their productive time“I, however, do acknowledge that some French companies are already in the rural areas investing in off-grid solutions. […]
Kaseba woos French investors
