The project will be initially, implemented in Nansanga, Luena, Manshya and Lusiwasi farm blocks.
Gridbow Engineers will partner with Government to supply power to the farm blocks through the Ministry of Agriculture to supply affordable solar energy to the farm blocks.
Company chief operations officer Evans Chabata said the US$ 30 million project will involve the supply of electricity to the farm blocks using containerised solutions, generating and storing electricity from solar energy.
“To support Government’s efforts to diversify the economy, the project will offer various economic benefits in the energy sector by meeting the country’s growing energy needs and contribute to the diversification of the economy though the provision of reliable power supply to the agricultural sector through the established farm blocks.
“Agriculture can be a positive driver of food security, environmental sustainability and economic opportunity. It is the only sectoral investment that addresses these three pressing issues simultaneously,” Mr Chabata said in a statement availed to the Daily Mail on Monday.
To this effect, every province is proposed or already has one productive farm block.
He said Zambia has the potential to expand its agricultural production through the project, considering the vast resource endowment despite the farm blocks currently not serviced by Zesco Limited.
Mr Chabata said the project, being funded by Gridbow Engineers through financiers from Hong Kong, is expected to benefit surrounding rural households and Government institutions such as schools and clinics.
“The technology is working in countries such as South Africa and as such, Gridbow Engineers has invited officials from the Ministry of Agriculture to visit some farms in South Africa where the technology has been installed,” he said.
Another scam. Zambia is a give away country.
You can’t irrigate farms on South African solar power. The solar milling never worked, $200 million gone just like that.
$30million can supply direct electricity from South Africa for 10 years. Lungu said South Africa had surplus electricity, so why buy exorbitant solar.
I totally agree with you.
iwe iwe iwe, the south african company will set the solar pannels or plant here in zambia, iwe iwe iwe, aseeeee…
We are very busy has a Government empowering other nations ,resulting in capital flight ,very thing is foreigners no wonder the citizenary are broke .
This project can even be done by companies here using hybrid solutions.
How do they get even these same rights ?Was it advertised ?
Getting monopoly rights when they dont even manufacture
lgoogle Gridbow Engineers only established 3 years ago , couldnt find website, only facebook.. big companies have website, company profile, past and present projects. Maybe i missed the site. Can anyone clarify
Emmanuel Mwamba’s name must be somewhere in this foul smell
This company GRIDBOW ENGINEERS does not have sufficient info on internet. It only talks very little about itself to warrant a country like Zambia to engange it to do this kind of work. Assuming it flops, the one responsible must be held accountable and prosecution should not be ruled out by the incoming government. Whichever party that wins other than PF should ensure that this one is prosecuted just like we would want Dora prosecuted for the malawian maize scandal she has been mentioned (including all the deals she did in MMD).
Where has this company does that kind of work as a reference? The ministry of power should be very careful ..this time around peole are very annoyed over wastage of resources and cash. Tukalamikonkela mu ma yanda ukumwa.