Business unusual as mini-grids power Eswatini rural communities

Despite the access to electricity, two years later, there are still no businesses such as shops or a hammer mill in the area resulting in KhumaIo and the rest of the community crossing the river and walking four kilometres to buy a loaf of bread or get to the hammer mill to process their maize, the country staple, to mealie meal. She spends SZL40 (USD2) to get to the hammer mill and back,…