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China donates solar energy equipment worth Rwf430m
The economic and commercial counsellor’s office of the embassy of the People’s Republic of China, yesterday, handed the Rwandan government solar kit systems in a bid to increase rural electrification.According to the Ministry of Infrastructure, the solar kit systems, estimated at $642,304 (Rwf 430.9m), will be installed in the rural areas of the Southern, Northern and Eastern provinces that are not connected to the national power grid.
Shen Yongxiang, the Chinese ambassador to Rwanda, and Emma Francoise Isumbingabo, the state minister in charge of energy and water after the former handed over the equipment in Kigali yesterday. Courtesy.