{"id":16,"date":"2025-11-27T06:07:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/chelsa\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-12-04T05:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:42:59","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chelsa.org\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16\" class=\"elementor elementor-16\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c1e720 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c1e720\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:1000}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58370ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58370ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cdda24 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6cdda24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:1100}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47c3d57 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"47c3d57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:1300}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b90409b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b90409b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62a4481 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"62a4481\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:1000}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/chelsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/renewable-energy-solar-panel-and-wind-turbines-in-a-sustainable-landscape-emphasizing-green-technology-photo.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-98\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chelsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/renewable-energy-solar-panel-and-wind-turbines-in-a-sustainable-landscape-emphasizing-green-technology-photo.jpeg 625w, https:\/\/chelsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/renewable-energy-solar-panel-and-wind-turbines-in-a-sustainable-landscape-emphasizing-green-technology-photo-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-707dfda elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"707dfda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">8NDP Aligned<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a12b5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a12b5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Economic Transformation<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13e9fbd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13e9fbd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ab57a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24ab57a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Driving Economic Transformation &amp; Job Creation in Zambia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7921024 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7921024\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chelsa Investments Limited is a specialized project development and financing vehicle established to deliver renewable energy and agro-industrial projects in line with Zambia\u2019s Eighth National Development Plan (8NDP). 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