Strategic Milestones &
Market Engagements
Documenting the advancement of institutional mandates, government partnerships, and capital alignment across Southern Africa.
Zindzathi Advances into Next Phase of Financing
May, 2026
Hadassah Hart Energy is pleased to confirm continued progress on the Zindzathi 50MW Solar PV + 100MWh BESS Project, following a series of senior-level financing and commercial structuring engagements.
The project has now entered its next phase of lender alignment, building on key milestones already achieved across EPC execution, regulatory progression, grid readiness, and broader project de-risking.
As part of this process, the company continues to engage with strategic financing and project counterparties as it advances the final bankability workstreams.
This milestone reflects the disciplined work undertaken over the past three years to structure a bankable and execution-ready energy platform designed to support industrial power demand and strengthen regional energy security.
Hadassah Hart Energy remains focused on closing the remaining commercial and financing workstreams as the project advances toward financial close and phased construction mobilisation.
Hadassah Hart Energy Submits Pre-Feasibility Study for the Angola–Zambia Interconnector Project (AZIP)
February, 2026
Hadassah Hart Energy (HHE) has formally submitted a Developer-Led Pre-Feasibility Study for the Angola–Zambia Interconnector Project (AZIP) to the Ministry of Energy (Zambia), marking a significant milestone in advancing cross-border power integration within the Southern African region.
The study defines the Zambia-side technical concept up to the international border under a privately financed, non-PPP development framework. The project is structured to prioritise commercial sustainability, regional power trade optimisation, and long-term transmission bankability without reliance on sovereign guarantees.
Following Ministry review, HHE will progress toward a detailed Feasibility Study in collaboration with a strategic engineering and capital partner. The next phase will include advanced system studies, routing optimisation, and full technical, environmental, and financial modelling.
Hadassah Hart Consultants (HHC), as the investment and advisory arm, continues to provide strategic structuring, commercial positioning, and cross-border coordination support to ensure the project aligns with regional integration objectives and global infrastructure financing standards.
AZIP is designed to strengthen Zambia’s position as a regional transmission and trading hub while enabling scalable energy exchange pathways across the Southern African Power Pool.
Hadassah Hart Energy Signs EPC Contract for the Zindzathi 50MW Solar PV + 100MWh BESS Project
January, 2026
Hadassah Hart Energy has formally executed the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the Zindzathi 50MW Solar PV + 100MWh Battery Energy Storage Project, marking the project’s transition from development into execution.
The EPC contract was signed with NORINCO International, a Fortune Global 500 company, during a formal signing ceremony held in Lusaka and witnessed by senior officials from the Ministry of Energy, financial institutions, legal advisers, industry stakeholders, and project partners.
During the ceremony, the Permanent Secretary for Electricity, Eng. Arnold Simwaba, highlighted the strategic importance of integrating battery energy storage, noting that the 100MWh system enables baseload capability and supports stable, 24/7 power delivery.
The Zindzathi project is one of Zambia’s most advanced private renewable energy projects, having successfully progressed through feasibility studies, environmental and social impact assessment approval, grid integration studies, and the execution of an Implementation Agreement approved by the Government of the Republic of Zambia.
The project is underpinned by a bankable EPC contractor, strong international partners, rigorous legal structuring advised by Dentons, and bankable offtake arrangements. NORINCO International will also undertake long-term operations and maintenance following construction, ensuring continuity and operational reliability over the life of the asset.
As the Zindzathi project advances into execution, Hadassah Hart Energy is also progressing work on the Angola–Zambia Interconnector Project (AZIP), applying the same disciplined, bankability-first approach to regional transmission infrastructure.
Hadassah Hart Consultants (HHC), played a central role in originating, structuring, and advancing the project to execution readiness. HHC led stakeholder engagement, regulatory coordination, commercial structuring, and investor alignment, ensuring that the project progressed in accordance with international bankability standards. This integrated model, combining advisory depth with execution capability through Hadassah Hart Energy, reflects the group’s disciplined approach to infrastructure development.
Hart Energy remains focused on delivering bankable, execution-ready energy infrastructure that supports Zambia’s energy security, industrial growth, and regional power integration.