Eastern Africa
Burundi Launches Private Distribution Utility
Weza Power aims to connect 9 million people to the power grid by 2030.
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Virunga Power is to create a new privately owned and operated electricity distribution company in Burundi known as Weza Power.
The new company will provide electricity to residential and business customers in peri-urban and rural areas of Burundi, which has one of Africa’s lowest electrification rates.
The launch of Weza Power was
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