Who We Are
ZESCO Limited is a power utility owned by the Government of the Republic of Zambia that supplies electricity and energy solutions within Zambia and the Sub Saharan region.
As a service provider, ZESCO has a passionate team of diverse professionals working throughout the country committed to deliver services, efficiently and effectively in the quest to attain excellence.
ZESCO’s operations cut across the electricity value chain being generation, transmission, distribution, and supply. The Corporation owns and operates a number of hydropower stations with a combined power generating capacity currently more than 2900 Megawatts.
To transmit quality, reliable, and safe electrical energy services to its customers within Zambia and beyond its borders, ZESCO owns and operates an extensive and robust transmission network composed over 11,100 kilometres of high voltage transmission lines and is interconnected to the Southern African Power Pool.
ZESCO’s interconnected power network provides the Corporation with an extended power trading market, security of power supplies and power generation pooling.
To enhance operational efficiency and security of power supply, ZESCO monitors and controls its vast interconnected power system using an automated system managed at its National Control Centre (NCC).
ZESCO’s vast operations are dependent on its optic fibre network operated and managed by Fibrecom, a subsidiary of ZESCO.
ZESCO’s vast operations are dependent on its optic fibre network operated and managed by Fibrecom, a subsidiary of ZESCO.
At ZESCO, we understand and respond to the changing needs of our customers, hence our mission is “To provide efficient, innovative, and excellent electricity services and energy solutions to our domestic and international customers”
The vision of ZESCO is to
“To be an excellent provider of reliable and environmentally sustainable electricity services to all our customers by 2032.”.
ZESCO’s corporate culture is anchored on its shared values of
“Integrity, Customer Centricity, Innovation, Teamwork, Safety and Environmental Sustainability.”
Corporate Social Responsibility anchors on the betterment of people’s lives in communities. ZESCO through investments in sport, education, innovation, technology, environmental conservation, and the preservation of the country’s cultural heritage.
Looking into the future and in recognition of the climate change influences, ZESCO is innovating renewable energy technologies. The continued economic transformation of Zambia depends on ZESCO’s ambitious increased power generation mix composed of a minimum of 800MW of solar energy, 5,00MW of wind energy, 5,00MW of hydro in the next 10 years.
As a customer centric Corporation, ZESCO is passionate about providing excellent and efficient energy services to you its esteemed customers.