Let's turn our focus to issues related to electricity generation on the African Continent - while South Africa's power utility, Eskom struggles to keep the lights on with rolling blackouts expected to continue for while…
And this morning, we ask - Is Uganda's seemingly successful integrated approach to the country's power supply challenges, the answer for other struggling economies like South Africa?
The East African country is currently in the next phase of a pilot project which has provided knowledge and evidence on how power utilities and solar off-grid companies can work together to fast-track energy access to unserved communities. There's data that shows Umeme, Uganda's main grid's collaboration is benefiting both the customer and the power utility. For more on this development, Sumaya Mahomed, who is the Country Manager for Power for All in Uganda joins us live from Kampala via Zoom.
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