A solar mini-grid has recently been created in the city of Harare. It is owned by Econet Wireless, a major Zimbabwean telecommunications company with interests on all five continents. The plant for which the solar mini-grid is being built is Willowvale, a business district in the Zimbabwean capital. This mini-grid consists of 1,435 solar panels that produce 466 kWp of electricity. It was built by Distributed Power Africa (DPA). Econet Wireless has obtained approval to operate this off-grid energy from the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA). The company will operate the facility as a private electricity producer (PPI) for a renewable period of 25 years.

Our organisation launched a green campaign in 2018 that saw the company invest in renewable energy, starting with six of our own commercial premises. The commissioning of our Willowvale solar power plant demonstrates our commitment to see all our offices nationwide (Zimbabwe) move as quickly as possible to clean and reliable energy.