{"id":6364,"date":"2026-08-26T10:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/?p=6364"},"modified":"2026-08-26T10:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:50:09","slug":"president-mnangagwa-urges-african-countries-to-turn-solar-potential-into-measurable-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/?p=6364","title":{"rendered":"President Mnangagwa urges African countries to turn solar potential into measurable development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Mnangagwa has officially opened the 8th meeting of the International Solar Alliance Regional Committee for the Africa Region that is currently underway in Victoria Falls.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In his virtual address, the President highlighted the need for African countries to transform their solar energy potential into wealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time to convert Africa\u2019s enormous solar potential into projects that deliver measurable development outcomes is now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call upon us to deliberately set out sound policies, effective institutions, appropriate technical standards, transparent procurement systems and reliable electricity infrastructure to realise this objective,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Mnangagwa said Africa\u2019s energy transition must be just and inclusive, leaving no one and no place behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all have a responsibility to empower the women and young people of our continent as central participants in the ongoing transition,\u201d said President Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n<p>Over 45 countries, development partners and industry leaders are attending the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Mnangagwa has officially opened the 8th meeting of the International Solar Alliance Regional Committee for the Africa Region that is currently underway in Victoria Falls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6366,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364\/revisions\/6366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimstockholm.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}