Zambia: Power Deprives Rural People of Role in Growth - Yaluma

GOVERNMENT has said the rural population is unable to participate in economic growth due due to limited access to electricity.

Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister Christopher Yaluma said only 8.8 per cent of the rural population had access to electricity countrywide and this made them unable to participate in the communication revolution and economic growth that mobile phones had created in the world.?Mr Yaluma said this in a speech read for him by the assistant director in the department of energy Armed Simwanza at the official launch of the world panel mobile phone solar charging solution in Lusaka yesterday.

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