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The Zimbabwe COVID-19 Response and Essential Health Services Project deployed solar panels and solar-powered fridges in medical facilities in 16 rural districts across Zimbabwe. The steady power supply allows local patients to access medical care around the clock and has improved the experience of attending physicians and nurses.
In a landmark development for Zimbabwe’s clean-energy sector, NeedEnergy, the home-grown start-up behind the country’s first virtual power plant (VPP) and energy-exchange platform, has secured a €450 000 (roughly US$486 000) financing package from the Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP Africa).
Zimbabwean population needs over a million and eight-hundred thousand (1,8 million) solar infrastructure-related systems to be installed countrywide as safe alternative to resolve possible energy crisis.
The focus on clean energy in Zimbabwe is tied to larger goals of building climate-resilient cities and promoting a green economy. With energy security becoming a cornerstone of sustainable urbanisation and regional stability, renewable energy generation in Zim has a capacity to play a pivotal role in reshaping Zim as a low-carbon growth engine.
In a significant stride towards improving healthcare service delivery, Government in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has powered up the majority of health facilities in Manicaland using clean and renewable energy. This is being done through the Solar for Health project in which 192 out of 214.
In Zimbabwe, an Africa-born mobility startup is providing women with the catalyst they need to drive change in their community and society. Called the Hamba, this durable electric tricycle is mobilizing a generation of working women and mothers, allowing them to perform arduous tasks with relative ease and comfort.

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