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Rutendo Nyeve,Victoria Falls Reporter
THE Zimbabwe–Zambia Energy Projects Summit (Zim Zam 2025) has commenced in Livingstone, Zambia where a high-level dialogue focused on strengthening regional energy cooperation, accelerating private sector projects, and advancing Southern Africa’s clean energy transition is set to be conducted.
The summit is being held under the theme: Mines and Energy: How Stakeholders Have Fast-Tracked Private Sector Projects to Become Africa’s Top Investment Destination, reaffirming the region’s political commitment to energy market reform, public–private partnerships, and the expansion of modern transmission and generation infrastructure.
With the participation of the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and headline support from Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC), Petrodex, ZESA and ZESCO, the summit sets a decisive foundation for investment mobilisation and cross-border collaboration.
The summit saw Credo Nanjuwa who is Provincial Minister of Southern Province, Zambia; Yeukai Simbanegavi, Deputy Minister of Energy & Power Development, Zimbabwe; and senior ministerial representatives from both countries highlighting the need for coordinated national efforts to advance regional energy integration, enhance investment readiness, and drive growth across mining, renewable energy and cross-border power trading.
“Your presence affirms the importance of this summit as a regional platform for investment, innovation, strategic collaboration and indeed a true reflection of our shared vision – that of securing a sustainable energy future for our two great nations – Zambia and Zimbabwe. This summit must never become a talk show! Our citizens, our industries and our economies need results, not empty promises.
Let us use this platform to unlock deals, secure financing, and build the energy systems that will power Zambia and Zimbabwe, our mining sectors, industries, homes and our future,” said Provincial Minister Nanjuwa.
“Energy challenges have reminded us that we have veins which knit us together beyond our border lines, and that cross-border collaborations are key in overcoming our collective challenges.
As Zimbabwe transitions to NDS2, more private sector investments are expected in the electricity sector, supported by reforms and incentives that simplify project development and promote ease of doing business,” said Deputy Minister Simbanegavi.
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