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Hwange power station project

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$1.5 billion Hwange Thermal Power Expansion Project in Progress Project to build the largest power generation plant in Zimbabwe, with maximum power of 1520 megawatts, being financed by Export-Import Bank of China Reported by Tasiyana Siavhundu in Zimbabwe 3 October 2019 – Gweru, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe is currently in power turmoil and the country has reached high and unprecedented levels of load shedding. Locally generated electricity is unable to meet local demand and the power utility imports additional electricity from South Africa’s Eskom and Hydro Cahora Bassa of Mozambique. The electricity import bill has however been rising and this has been one of the sources of worry for a government whose fiscal space is in shambles. Kariba Hydropower Station, which is currently the largest power generation plant in Zimbabwe, is constrained with dropping water levels and not enough is electricity is produced. Hwange Thermal Power Plant, Zimbabwe The $1.5 billion Hwange Thermal Power Expansion Pr...

Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport Expansion

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https://www.acz.co.zw/Airports/Details/1 Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport Expansion Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport was established in 1956 then known as Salisbury Airport. It is located 15 kilometres south of Harare City, the capital of Zimbabwe. The airport is the main gateway into Zimbabwe and a natural Gateway into Southern Africa. The capital city of Zimbabwe, Harare, is a beautiful, light-filled, open city; high on the country’s central plateau. It is a city of modern buildings, wide thoroughfares, beautiful parks, gardens and a multiplicity of scenic tourist attraction sites within and around the city peripheries.   Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport is the largest airport in Zimbabwe, which boosts of a 4725 meters long and 46meters wide runway, capable of handling wide bodied aircraft such as the Boeing 777/ B747 aircraft or equivalent. The International passenger terminal building is capable of handling   2 million passengers per a...