Zimbabwe turns to Tesla batteries to keep its top mobile money player running as a power crisis deepens

Zimbabwe’s biggest mobile operate, Econet Wireless is having Tesla batteries installed at its base stations around the country as a backup to electricity shortages currently hitting the country. The power utility company, Zesa (Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority), early this year, introduced 18-hour long load shedding schedules to contain the situation as it is producing less electricity due to low water levels in Lake Kariba, the country’s largest source of power, exacerbated by drought. At present Eskom supplies 400 megawatts to Zimbabwe which is not enough to restore the situation to normalcy.