And they were an ingredient used by a Canadian company to build the first solar power plants in Malawi. About a tenth of Malawi's grid power now comes from two new solar plants built by Toronto-based JCM Power. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementLoris Andrys, JCM's Cape Town-based senior business developer for Africa, said before those projects, Malawi was a "frontier market," where regulations for solar power projects didn't exist. Vancouver's Stardust Solar launches first franchise in ZambiaStardust Solar Energy is a public, Vancouver-based company that's part of the growing private investment in solar in Africa, generally in more established markets. She said some solar development is happening too fast for the impacts to be properly managed.

Source: CBC News April 06, 2026 08:36 UTC