New research has found that rural Zambians are much more likely to adopt solar power if they see it working for their neighbours.

A woman scoops water from a hole she has dug in a dried-up riverbed in Lusitu, Zambia on September 18, 2024 [Themba Hadebe/AP] As discussions at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku ...

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An initiative in Zambia is showing that a profit-seeking company can help rural farmers battling extreme weather breed chickens that lay more eggs. Village chickens in Petauke, Zambia.Credit ...

Tech Now reporter Joe Tidy visits the Zengamina Mini Hydro Plant in Zambia, run by a cryptocurrency company who is planning to roll out mini-power plants to rural villages in Zambia and across Africa.

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Zambia could tap into solar power to light up its rural areas, but this potential has yet to be exploited. So far, only 3.23% of its installed electricity generation capacity is solar based.