Mercuria makes multimillion-dollar investment in Zambia energy infrastructure

African Law & BusinessNatasha Doris · 2 October 2026 at 16:45

The Swiss company has made its inaugural foray into Zambia’s energy sector via one of the largest private capital deals the African country’s power market has seen.
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