BY MBONGENI NDLELA
MBABANE – The Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) has recently released its Shared Value Report for the year ended 31 March 2021. Here is what they had to say about their rural electrification programme for the year:
The rural electrification programme continued in earnest during the year. There are several ongoing projects that are geared to improve Eswatini’s citizens access to electricity. The current access rate stands at 82%.
Eswatini is ranked number 3 in the Southern African region on this measure. The total amount provided for the Rural Electrification during the year under review was E296,261,911 to benefit 18 015 homesteads.
Funding comes from our esteemed partners namely; Rural Development Fund (RDF), Micro Projects, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, World Bank and the Rural Electricity Access Fund as follows:
The number of customers grew by 11 005 to reach 246 108 by March 2021. The generation, transmission and distribution of electricity is continuously evolving, but the company remains committed in complying with the country’s legislations in protecting the environment in which we
operate in.
