Lusaka. Zambia's second-largest mobile telecoms service provider, MTN Zambia, has launched its first solar green site in the country to provide efficient telecommunications services to people living in rural areas.

The site will cover a distance of 35 kilometres to the surrounding community in the Chisamba areas in the northern part of the country. Zambia, like many other countries in Africa, is facing erratic electric power supply due to low generating capacity, despite high power demand.

MTN chief marketing officer Ernst Fonternel said that the site is an initiative particularly meant for rural areas. The initiative will gradually reduce the dependency on this erratic electric power supply and diesel back-up power, which comes at a huge financial cost to the company, he said. “That is why we saw the need to introduce solar sites in order to reduce the high cost of maintenance.” (Agencies)

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