In a bid to address Zambia’s escalating energy crisis, exacerbated by a severe drought, President Hakainde Hichilema announced a potential partnership with TBEA Group, one of China’s leading energy equipment manufacturers. The President, along with a delegation, visited TBEA Group to explore solutions to the nation’s energy deficit.
The ongoing drought has significantly reduced Zambia’s reliance on hydroelectric power, prompting the government to seek alternative energy sources. “Given the effects of climate change, we can no longer only depend on hydroelectricity,” President Hichilema stated. He expressed optimism about the potential collaboration with TBEA Group, emphasizing the need for a diversified energy mix to address the country’s pressing energy challenges.
“We urgently need practical solutions to the energy deficit that we are experiencing as a country,” the President said. He underscored that the current energy shortfall and associated load management are substantial barriers to economic growth. “We can’t grow our economy with the current energy deficit,” he reiterated.
The Zambian government, through the Ministry of Energy, is set to meet with TBEA Group representatives before the conclusion of the visit to finalize the details of the partnership. The collaboration is expected to enhance Zambia’s energy infrastructure, providing much-needed stability and support for the country’s economic development.
This visit marks Zambia’s efforts to secure sustainable energy solutions, ensuring that the country can overcome the challenges posed by climate change and continue on its path toward economic progress.
Have you been loadsheded? Who’s been loadsheded, no one.
This is because of the work we have been doing quietly. I remember this press conference. How I wish one journalist would have asked what this work that was being done quickly consisted of.
The work they were QUIETLY doing was to find out which country they could fly to if Zambia experienced loadshedding. Presidential advisers asked themselves Does this country also have a company we can have a POTENTIAL energy partnership with? Actually all their answers would have been effected via the internet. No need to fly up up and away from Lusaka!
There’s lots of censoring on LT. Is this because of Vladimwimbu’s warnings to a free nation?
When you are able to create rain, come back and talk. When you can make the US $32 billion, that your relatives, Lungu and Satan, borrowed and stole, that now requires Zambia to export electricity, in order to pay the interest on, come back and talk. Otherwise shut up
I also saw Fred Membe on TV last night not offering any solutions on energy crisis when asked but busy as usual dictating to the interviewer on which questions were fair to be asked and which ones were not. I am neither UPND nor PF but this man needs to be told to humble himself and stop intimidating journalists each time he is being interviewed
Forget Fred and Edgar. Someone will emerge very soon.
Forget Lungu and the egotistical tinpot dictator Mmembe. They arent different from HH. People who want to be president just to attract other people’s envy are from the Stone age.
We need to look for a leader: someone who can lead us out of our problems-not someone who wants to run away from his problems. You know you’ve got an exploiter in State House when the Presidency funds the ruler’s business trips.
This is our president who promised that he had connections with his friends in the west and pledges worth billions of dollars once he forms government and shunned the Chinese now he has gone back to the very people he sad shunned.desperate times
Sometimes you wonder who is the villain. Is it the liar or the one who receives the lie! Is it the false prophet or the people selling their houses to give the pastor, Is it a lying Presidential candidate or the hordes of youth who gave their precious votes to him?
There is nothing wrong with hydroelectricity. It was the policy of exporting power that put us here!! Zambia has about 6GW in hydro reserves
And too many lies about the issue.
Kariba is 8% full and its only 3 September, so how can we make hydro power, what we really need is making solar panels, inverters and batteries locally instead of giving Chinaman jobs in China
Where are the plans our President had while
In opposition for load shedding?So it’s easy
To say but difficult to implement.same applies
To Honourable Nkombos plan of connecting
A canal.lets do it now.
He picked on the most contentious issues at the time but inside he knew he had no solution. For one he’s using double electricity…State House and Community House when the people who trusted him are lucky to get even one hour.
Imagine 24 hours of free electricity at both Community House and State House. Not to forget the tunnels!
Doing the same thing and expecting different results…. this company has been working with ZESCO since 2010….Energy crisis is caused by poor leadership and massive corruption…..Exporting Electricity and the money is stolen….What happened to all the ideas whilst in opposition……TBEA is not a solution….all they do is manufacture transformers…
@ Moto
They just wanted to be elected….Gary Nkombo and HH were looking for ” employment” no wonder they used to come up with ideas that are not practical….and by the way lies have short legs and all their lies have been exposed….and by the way TBEA has been in Zambia since 2010…..its just a transformer manufacturing company
I was telling my friends at Church that first he must explain how he’s going to solve the problem…. behind my back they were saying aba niba PF he thinks we don’t know.
Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results…..ZESCO is just like ZAMTEL…..these two institutions are not managed properly….way too much corruption and theft….ONCE WE STOP EXPORTING ELECTRICITY THEN WE WILL STOP LOADSHEDING…its that simple
This president and his advisers have not yet worked out that the west were indeed masterminding a plan to take Zambia backwards. He is slowly realising that his degree is not worth the paper it’s written on because it’s a trick to make him chase shadows. If these guys colonised Africa for the last 500 years, what makes any African leader think that Europeans have our interests at heart? We need to move on and trade amongst ourselves. Work with your neighbours to develop your nations. Why do we keep doing the same things in anticipation of achieving different results? Don’t sellout, we only have one country.
What do you think China is doing?? Colonising, Wake up
@ Cosmo.. yes indeed. What’s so difficult with government in setting up projects using our own man power and our own resources instead of going to china opening our mouths in wonder how advanced the Chinese are. It’s a disgrace and very disheartening that a man in whom millions placed great hopes is more clueless than his predecessor.
@ Futurezed
I agree with you 100%….and now the east which is headed by China is trying to outdo the West which is headed by the USA….African leaders are attending the China Africa summit which basically benefits China more than Africa….both East and West are contributing to our current misery and they take advantage because they know that our leaders are corrupt
US Africa summit….Russia Africa summit…China Africa Summit…and still nothing comes out of all these summits apart from wasting tax payers money…looks like HH is clueless about sorting out our Electricity crisis…what happened to the US$ 5 billion deal with General Electric
They just want what we have and only leave us gaping holes in the ground.
SOMEONE WILL EMERGE SOON ?? WHEN ???
Are we going back to biblical times ?
Don’t worry….or do you want him to be arrested and charged with fictitious cases.
Beggers have arrived in China….now they’re competing on who has the biggest begging bowl….from China they’re on their way to New York with their begging bowls
All African leaders behave as if they’re from the same mother….instead of looking for solutions from with our own African continent they all travel overseas and beg for help….China has its own problems….USA has its own problems…Russia has its own problems and lets add our African problems as part of their problem….why did we fight for independence
TBEA does not generate electricity….don’t be fooled…it manufacturers electrical products….we already have companies like ABB…Asea Brown Boveri…..and HH is trying to fool his gullible praise singers…..i repeat TBEA cannot solve our electricity crisis…this company is already operating in Zambia since 2010…
My only question is why now when the problem has always been there. This issue of seeking solutions when you are already in trouble must be properly looked at. It seems someone is benefiting from the crisis.
Will CUSTOMS AND ZRA be there to welcome them back ?
Kingsland