Eswatini has become one of the first African states to move towards clean energy production with an aim to lower carbon emissions and reduce its energy dependence on neighbouring countries like South Africa and Mozambique.

The project will create a number of employment opportunities in the tiny Kingdom with a population of just over 1 million people.

The government has sourced some of the funds used to set up the Lavumisa and Edwaleni Power Stations from within its governing structures.

The country aims to also have biomass energy production in the near future. More from Eswatini's Minister of Natural Resources and Energy Peter Bhembe...