A TOTAL of 227 companies bought tender documents for the supply of smart metering equipment estimated to cost around US$100 million, the Financial Gazette has learnt. The tender has been flouted by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a unit of power utility ZESA Holdings. The number of companies that have bought the tender documents highlight the desperation of Zimbabwean businesses, as reports suggested that only a few of these had core businesses related to electricity supply and generation sector.
Information obtained by the Financial Gazette indicates that the 227 companies bought the tender documents last week.
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