Virunga Power was pleased to witness last week's ambitious joint targets for electrification of 300 million more people in Africa by 2030 at the The World Bank Spring Meetings. A few highlights from our vantage point: We were thrilled to add IFC - International Finan...

Weza Power – a new private-sector utility created by our portfolio company Virunga Power and the Government of Burundi – has taken a major step forward as the International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced it will become a partner in the project. IFC have signed...

Virunga Power and the Government of hashtag#Burundi, represented by Hon. Ibrahim Uwizeye, Minister for Hydraulics, Energy & Mining, the Ambassador to the US Jean Bosco Barege, the DG of Energy Martin Ndayizeye, the DG of REGIDESO Dr. Ir. Major Jean Albert Manigomba, ...

9 million people in Burundi will have access to electricity in the next seven years, as announced in the new Weza Power project. Weza Power (All Lights) is a joint venture between Virunga Power and Gridworks - the UK's international public utility. The launch of t...

Weza Power to provide large-scale power distribution to rural Burundi, a PPP formed by government and African power developer Virunga Power, aims to raise $1.4 billion to build distribution network infrastructure to connect over 65 percent of country. Virunga Power a...

Weza Power, a new privately-owned and operated electricity distribution company, aims to bring grid power to almost 70% of the East African country’s population. The new company was announced at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi and is the result of a multi-year d...

In a potentially radical development for Burundi, Nairobi-based Virunga Power on 6 September launched Weza Power, a new private utility which plans to connect 9m people over the next seven years. Structured as a public private/partnership (PPP), energy minister Ibrah...

In another story to emerge from Africa Climate Summit, which ran from 4-6 September in Nairobi, a new privately-owned and operated electricity distribution company for Burundi has been unveiled The new utility company will be connected to Burundi’s existing transmis...

British International Investment last week unveiled a string of new initiatives in support of the inaugural African Climate Summit. BII, which over the last two years has invested over half a billion pounds to climate finance in Africa, reaffirmed its commitment to...

The creation of a new privately-owned and operated electricity distribution company that will bring grid power to almost 70% of Burundi’s population was announced at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi today. The new company, Weza Power, is the result of a multi-yea...

A new privately-owned and operated electricity distribution company is set to bring grid power to almost 70% of the population of Burundi. The announcement was made at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi this week. Weza Power is the result of a multi-year developmen...

Virunga Power is to create a new privately owned and operated electricity distribution company in Burundi known as Weza Power. The new company will provide electricity to residential and business customers in peri-urban and rural areas of Burundi, which has one of Af...

Weza Power targets electricity access for 70% of East African nation The creation of a new privately-owned and operated electricity distribution company that will bring grid power to almost 70% of Burundi’s population was announced at the Africa Climate Summit in Na...

Virunga Power and the government of Burundi have launched a new company, Weza Power, to provide large-scale power distribution to rural Burundi. The announcement was made at the recently concluded African Climate Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya. Brian Kelly, Founder &...