Botswana secures $100M for solar plant

Botswana secures $100M for solar plant

Botswana secured $100 million to build its first large-scale solar plant that will sell power to a regional market, as investors bet that rising electricity demand will offer lucrative returns on surplus power. The 100-megawatt Tati Solar Project is set to begin commercial operations next year, after securing financial arrangements with the help of South Africa’s FirstRand Ltd and Rand Merchant bank. Some 600 million people across Africa lack el…

Botswana eyes power exports with $100m solar plant – YourBotswana

22 June 2026 The country’s first utility-scale solar plant will supply regional markets as power demand surges across southern Africa.…