ENERGY and Power Development minister July Moyo has praised Belarus’ industrial and energy manufacturing capacity, saying Harare is pursuing deeper cooperation with Minsk under President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s directive to strengthen the country’s energy sector.
Speaking at a dinner hosted by Belarusian Energy minister Denis Moroz, Moyo said the visit was part of a mission to “explore areas of co-operation with the Belarusian government within the energy sector.”
Moyo said he was impressed by Belarus’ advancement in energy-generation technology and its “comprehensive capabilities across the entire energy value chain.”
“We are on a mission to explore areas of co-operation and the manufacturing capabilities we have seen here in Belarus are beyond expectation.
“As we implement our energy compact, we should take a leaf from the achievements of Belarus in the whole energy value chain from generation, transmission, distribution to retail,” he said.
Moyo said Zimbabwe’s industry could benefit from adopting Belarusian standards and systems, noting that the Eastern Europe country manufactures most of the hardware and equipment used in its energy sector.
He described the cable manufacturing plant he toured as “one of the biggest in the world,” saying it has the capacity to produce all types of cables used across the energy sector.
He said Zimbabwe must urgently build similar technical capacity and directed Zesa Enterprises (Zent) to dispatch experts to Belarus for technical training.
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“I want Zent to send a team of experts to learn from Belarus on transformer manufacturing,” he said.
The minister’s comments come as Zimbabwe continues to face chronic power shortages, aging infrastructure and limited domestic manufacturing capacity, prompting the government to seek new partnerships to modernise the sector.
Belarus has in recent years expanded co-operation with Zimbabwe, particularly in agriculture, mining and supply of mechanised equipment, and is now exploring deeper collaboration in energy technology and manufacturing.
