Zambia: EU provides €65m grant for energy access

The European Union on 19 January signed the financing agreement for a grant of €65m ($70m) for a project aiming to expand access to electricity to at least 63,000 people, and to social and public infrastructure and small enterprises. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a loan of €15m alongside the project, which forms part of the wider Lusaka Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation Plan financed by the EIB, the World Bank, and national utility Zesco.