As Zambian hydroelectric power runs dry, can solar energy plug the gap? • FRANCE 24 English

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1. It’s crazy how they just go capture the poorest parts of Zambia 💀😂

2. But why using areas where they don't even use electricity, Zambia is an urbanised country imwe ba sicopeti..and by the way the Zambia lady was just advertising her solar business….
   the ZESCO company has failed completely to mitigate this situation

3. 😂😂😂😂 it's not like that I myself I'm a Zambian and the country supplies power to neighboring countries that's where they sale

4. Poor reporting, only seeing dam and villages(those people dont rely on electricity).

5. Why is this video portraying parts of the country that are not actually affected by loadshedding.

   They really showed dry bare land with one tiny thatched housed😅

   Why didn't you go to our industrial areas to see how costs of production are high there by increasing the cost of basic necessities for those people you're portraying as hungry.

   Whats happening in Zambia is sad but this video is sadder.

6. It's not every Zambian who depend on Zesco.some of us we are good coz we have solar energy.

7. the fact that she is a solar dealer but claims to be without power or water at the time of the interview should raise questions about this whole solar thing

8. Its really hurts mwandi

9. It took the Kariba Dam to completely dry up for Zesco to realize that it needed to diversify in power distribution and saving? I don't get it, the signs were there. All this talk about solar energy is infuriating given the fact that this would have been dealt with before this crisis, we should have been able to easily switch to a different power source as a plan B strategy not last minute resort plans. But they became complacent, and now look at us.

10. How come the cabrabassa dam along the same river Zambezi still has alot of water for power generation?

11. This time around it's worse in some areas we are only seen power atleast twice in a week,

12. Diana's stance is as of one advocating for solar…
    I do business from the biggest market in Zambia, Lusaka City Market which has not less than 40000 people that operates in it using electricity unfortunately, it's now 3 weeks & we've had power only for 3hours in 3 days

13. I am from Lusaka, Zambia things are more than terrible here and we failing to adapt to this unexpected upset

14. 3 hours is a lie

15. Not 3hours of power a day bt hours of power in 4days dear

16. 60YRS with no solution. Yet the country has lots of water. The Government is depending on better rains.
    What a Shame…. And this isn't the worst drought … There managing the crisis on all poor level..

17. Solar is expensive for welding works and industry works

18. Bufi at my place in Zambia we are getting 1hr of electricity a day 😭na phone tailesula 😭

19. Wish the country would go back to normal
    I'm at a named university without electricity in throughout the night nothing looks normal you can't even study unless daytime
    I feel bad about business imagine trying to make a living for your family
    51 restaurants closed last week

20. Why does every international depiction of Zambia have to be a mud house!?

    I'd hate to digress but it caught my attention a lot.

21. Shaming your country on YouTube won't make things easier for you, just stating facts 🤭.

    Say bitter things amongst yourselves not on social media, every country has got it's bad habits you won't here folks from the first world countries talking badly about their state if affairs, most of it os simply on the surface.

    The situation isn't good in the country (countries) mentioned bad mouthing any won't make the situation any good.

22. Lies nothing as dried here

23. We going through alot 48 hours of no electricity 😢

24. We are now experiencing weeks of no power here in Zambia not even the 3 hrs they promised

25. As a Zambian,just here to say the struggle is real🥺…our zesco has embarrassed us aii

26. ZESCo is spinless. They failed to plan for such calamity in advance. The can't be a power utility company for over 50 decades without diversifying the generation. That interviewee is not helpful too she is more on advertisment rather than explaining the scale of draught impact in depth both on socio _ economic .

27. We had a crucial drought in 1991 to 1992. Zesco was supposed to pit up alternative power generation earlier than now. A massive power plant in Mwamba collieries using coal and another to be generated by Uranium. These should have been the best options to hydro generated power. Very disappointing situation to be found in this situation after 60 years of inependence. We are laughing stock to the world. Sorry to say this.

28. Zesco from time immemorial has been critically politicised and all the successive govts had full control of the company which is why their has been a sce. 😅
    nario of monopoly.

29. Dig 3 bow hole near the dams iteshi teshi and kafue rive water gose in the rive, there you go with supply