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Solar amid conflict

The need for secure, clean electricity supply across many parts of Africa is well-known but efforts to fulfill this requirement are often hindered by the many factors that deter foreign investors. Nuru and Ziz Energie are first-mover solar developers tackling the challenge of attracting backers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Chad, respectively.

By

Max Hall

10 May 2024

Panels at Nuru’s site in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, have been damaged by bullets. | Photo: Nuru

Talk to Jonathan Shaw, joint founder and CEO of Goma-based Congolese solar developer Nuru, about the difficulty of attracting investors to some of Africa’s more challenging solar markets and he spells out the challenge with a smile.“You’re talking about deploying millions of dollars of investor capital and then they Google ‘Goma’ and the search throws …

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