PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says government will continue to advance reforms in the energy sector, including supporting open access and independent power producers. Speaking at the Energy Forum for Africa Conference, Wednesday, the President also expressed concern about the high cost of capital for African energy projects, which he says hinders the growth of the energy sector. “The price of capital for our continent has been discriminatorily too high; same sector, same business, Africa pays more than anyone else in the world. That is not correct, that is actually part of the inhibition to our growing the energy sector. Back to the reforms, the government here will continue working on the reforms, [such as] open access, independent power producers, which was...