Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:55:32 +0000 By Mailesi Banda SMALL and medium scale businesses should embrace alternative energy sources for them to stay in business after ZESCO effected the remaining 25 percent terrify increment last week. Zambia Chamber of Small and Medium Business Associations, chief executive officer, Moto Ng’ambi said using alternative energy sources would help the sector stay in business. He said using alternative energy sources like solar would help them maximize production costs and be competitive in the sector. “The increase in electricity tariffs has the potential to get some SMEs out of business but to remain competitive there is need for them to embrace alternative energy sources like solar which could initially expensive but prove to be cost effective in the long ran,” Mr Ng’ambi said. He said solar solutions are the best option to maximise production adding that the increase was a source of concern and would increase the cost of […]
