Rwanda: Solar Energy is the Next Big Thing in Rwanda, Says Key Investor

29 February 2016
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With Rwanda aiming at connecting about 70 per cent of the population to electricity by 2018, amidst slow progress in the rollout of hydro-electric power means, investors are looking at ways of providing alternative ways to increase access to power across the country.

Among these alternatives is solar energy which experts say has not been harnessed enough in the country and the continent.

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