Zimbabwe Agrees to Give Zambia More Water At Kariba
Zimbabwe has agreed to allow ZESCO to use more water from the Kariba Dam to generate additional electricity after the utility exhausted its 2025 water allocation.
This follows Energy Minister Makozo Chikote's request to Zimbabwe to increase ZESCO's 2025 water allocation for the Kariba North Bank Power Station, after the company had already used up its 14 billion cubic metres of water for the year.
The agreement was reached during a joint ministerial meeting on energy held in Harare on October 20, 2025, between Energy Minister Chikote and his Zimbabwean counterpart, July Moyo.
Chikote reaffirmed Zambia's commitment to maintaining strong cooperation with Zimbabwe in managing the shared resource and thanked his counterpart for the continued partnership in the energy sector.
According to a statement issued by the third secretary of communications at the Zambian embassy in Harare, Grace Likando, the centre of the meeting was the water usage at the Kariba Dam.