Zambian entrepreneur helps communities create their own energy from waste


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Nakasumu was crowned Zambia's Best Female Entrepreneur in the 2022 Total Energies Startupper of the Year Challenge. Photo: AFP

Jane Jamila Nakasumu, 27, founded her own company called Greenbelt Energy in Zambia in 2015 to fulfill the need for renewable and sustainable energy.

Zambia, a landlocked southern African country, is home to a multitude of wild landscapes and limitless biodiversity. It also has the highest deforestation rates on the continent.

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