According to a public notice issued on 24 October 2025 by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) and the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), this historic policy shift is aimed at attracting new investment, improving efficiency, and. According to a public notice issued on 24 October 2025 by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) and the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), this historic policy shift is aimed at attracting new investment, improving efficiency, and. For decades, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) held a monopoly over the supply of electricity to homes and businesses across the nation. That era has now officially come to an end. The government has opened the retail and distribution space to private companies, allowing them to. The Government has opened the electricity retail and distribution sector to private companies, a major policy shift aimed at expanding access to power, improving efficiency and reducing costs for consumers across the country. This effectively ends power retailing monopoly by the Zimbabwe. While many of us were enjoying our Friday sundowners last week, ZERA and ZESA dropped a massive piece of #RealInfraSystems news: the government is ending ZESA's 40-year monopoly on electricity distribution and transmission.