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Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi prepares international conference on Grand Inga hydropower project

With African Union support, the DRC will in late April play host to dozens of VIPs to discuss the development of the Congo River scheme that comprises several vast dams. [...]

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Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
ACS
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Alexy Kayembe
Bruno Kapandji Kalala
China Three Gorges Corp
Cyril Ramaphosa
Denis Sassou Nguesso
Eastern Africa Power Pool
Economic Commission for Africa
Eustache Muhanzi Mubembe
Felix Tshisekedi
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Global Commission to End Energy Poverty
Global Infrastructure Partners
Grand Inga Secretariat
Jean-Claude Kabongo
Jim Yong Kim
Joao Lourenco
MIT
New Partnership for African Development
Raila Odinga
Southern African Power Pool
West African Power Pool
World Bank

Congo, DRC
SCET resumes studies for Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

The Tunisian engineering firm SCET Tunisie is busy updating the preliminary studies for a road and rail bridge between Kinshasa and Brazzaville that it originally conducted alongside the French company Egis back in 2011.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 02.02.2023

Egypt
Ex-Mubarak minister makes Cairo comeback as Sisi's COP27 climate champion

The economist Mahmoud Mohieldin, who was investment minister under Hosni Mubarak and an insider in the deposed president's clan, left Cairo for Washington shortly before Egypt's 2011 revolution. He is now working as Sisi's "climate champion".

Subscribers only Politics 17.06.2022

Former Egyptian minister Mahmoud Mohieldin in 2019.

Zimbabwe
Harare calls on Armenian IU Networks to update tax management system

Zimbabwe has called upon Armenian IU Networks, specialised in IT solutions for former Soviet block countries, to design and implement a new system for its revenue authority.

Subscribers only Business 21.02.2022

DRC
CapitalKeys' ploy to make Kinshasa pay

After lodging an appeal last June, CapitalKeys is attempting some rather backhanded ways of recovering $16.6m in fees from the DRC.

Subscribers only Business 17.01.2022

Congo
Sassou reshuffles his UN representation in New York

Raymond-Serge Bale left his post at the head of the New York representation in mid-December, after being appointed ambassador to India. He will be replaced by Lazare Makayat Safouesse, currently Congo's representative to the African Union.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.01.2022

DRC
Kinshasa plans tender calls for 19 mini-power stations

In contrast to mega-projects like the Grand Inga dam, which are struggling to get off the ground, the Congolese authorities are elaborating plans for several dozen mini-power plants.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 07.01.2022

Africa, DRC
Tshisekedi plans pan-African climate summit in Kinshasa

In the wake of the COP26 in Glasgow, the Congolese head of state is seeking to use his last few weeks at the head of the African Union to show that he is uniting the continent in its fight against global warming.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.11.2021

Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

DRC
Tshisekedi dramatically cancels Grand Inga talks at COP26

After a discussion with the boss of Fortescue Metals Group, the Australian firm slated to develop the Grand Inga project, the Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi abruptly cancelled a meeting devoted to the mega-dam project at which African Development Bank and African Union representatives had been due to speak.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 05.11.2021

Egypt
Let down by Tshisekedi, Sisi turns to Sall, the next AU chair, for GERD support

Egypt isn't biding its time until the African Union's rotating chair passes to Senegal next year before soliciting its backing over Ethiopia's massive dam.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.10.2021

Macky Sall, Senegal's president and Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Egypt's president.

Tanzania, Uganda
World Bank works to help Dodoma become an African energy hub

The Bretton Woods institution is mulling an ambitious project to interconnect the Ugandan and Tanzanian electricity grids. The infrastructure is expected to especially benefit Tanzania, whose location makes it a key link in the exchange of electricity.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 23.07.2021

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa and Djibouti about to call for bids for a second interconnection line

State-run electric companies Electricité de Djibouti (EdD) and Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) recently began looking for a consultant to work on a project to build the second power interconnection line between Ethiopia and Djibouti.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 05.07.2021

Ethiopia
Abiy dithers amid deepening Addis housing crisis

A lack of hard data on the real estate market in the Ethiopian capital has deterred investors, except for a few pilot projects. Yet the city is in the throes of a severe housing shortage.

Subscribers only Business 04.06.2021

Angola
With KBR and McDermott aboard, Soyo refinery project shows signs of life

After numerous delays, the Angolan government now seems keener to move forward on plans to build the plant.

Subscribers only Energy 02.06.2021

West Africa
ECOWAS finally moves forward with Praia-Dakar-Abidjan corridor project

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is currently looking for consultants to carry out several studieson the Praia-Dakar-Abidjan corridor project:

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 27.05.2021

DRC
Huafei Energy Investment keen to get cracking on Kalumba and Kibombo power plants

The private Chinese company Huafei Energy Investment has great expectations for its Kalumba and Kibombo dams, whose combined power could exceed 800 MW.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 17.05.2021

Africa
UN sings AfCFTA's praises to a reluctant Nyusi

While Mozambique and Guinea Bissau have yet to ratify the African Union's AfCFTA, the United Nations wants to coach Portuguese-speaking African countries on the free trade agreement.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.04.2021

Senegal
Macky Sall launches all-out diplomatic offensive as he prepares to take over as Africa Union chair

With just a year to go before he becomes chairperson of the African Union, Senegalese head of state Macky Sall has started to give the first indications of his plans for the continent.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.02.2021

DRC
World Bank takes lead in financing Mwinda fund to electrify rural areas

The Congolese authorities hope to raise $500m to bring electricity to rural areas but none of its financial backers have yet committed to a fixed amount.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 08.02.2021

DRC, Egypt
Egyptian construction giants' bumper crop of contacts

The rapprochement between Kinshasa and Cairo sparked after presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met in January last year, is beginning to bear fruit.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 02.02.2021

Angola, Congo
Relations between Sassou and Lourenço become ever more poisonous

Presidential advisors in Angola now suspect Congo of colluding with the separatist Frente de Libertação do Estado de Cabinda (FLEC).

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.02.2021

Ivory Coast
MCA strives to speed up Abidjan transport project

The Millenium Challenge Account Côte d'Ivoire is planning to rehabilitate 32 km of roads and build truck parks at Abijdan's port, so as to make it more competitive with those in Lomé, Tema and Dakar.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 18.01.2021

Angola, DRC
Oil minister Azevedo pushes Kinshasa to stop discussions about borders

Lourenço administration methodically pursues his strategy to weaken his Congolese neighbour and hold onto its oil, including Chevron and ExxonMobil blocks.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2020

Angolan Oil Minister Diamantino Azevedo.

Burkina Faso
Dorsale Nord power line to pass over Ouaga

Les autorités burkinabè sont d'ores et déjà à la recherche du constructeur du tronçon de la ligne aérienne, qui traversera de part en part la capitale Ouagadougou via un poste de transformation.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 03.12.2020

DRC
SkyPower due back in Kinshasa to discuss its $1bn PV project

Canadian electricity producer SkyPower is trying to put together a finance package for its planned 1,000 MW solar farm near Kinshasa.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 18.11.2020

Spotlight | DRC
Between AU and Fortescue, Tshisekedi determined to get Grand Inga off the ground

Numerous member states of the African Union have shown interest in taking part in the Grand Inga hydropower project while Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi an arrangement with Australian mining giant Fortescue Metals Group.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 06.11.2020

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi.

Ethiopia
Abiy lobbies for South Africa to retain lead on GERD negotiations

Cyril Ramaphosa will hand over the rotating presidency of the African Union to the DRC's Félix Tshisekedi in January. Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed Ali is hoping Ramaphosa will remain in charge of mediating the GERD negotiations.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 28.10.2020

Ethiopa's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

West Africa
WAPP hopes to tap into Saint-Paul River's hydropower

The West African Power Pool (WAPP) has selected French engineering specialist Artelia to conduct a series of studies for its hydroelectric power project on the Saint Paul River in Liberia.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 08.10.2020

DRC, Egypt
Félix Tshisekedi to travel to Cairo in November to meet Sisi

With Kinshasa and Cairo showering each other with gestures of friendship since the beginning of the year, the Congolese president is to meet Field Marshal Sisi with a view to boosting economic cooperation between the two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.09.2020

DRC
Kinshasa woos Cairo and Emirati banks for its infrastructure projects

During a 15-23 September trip to Egypt made at Cairo's invitation, a large delegation of Congolese officials discussed the financing of several projects for power plants, a port, and a road in the DRC.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 25.09.2020

DRC
Kinshasa tries to persuade French companies to get on board Inga III

The Congolese authorities, who are concerned that South Africa might renege on its commitment to take a share of the future giant dam's electricity output, are looking for potential "offtakers" in France to enable it to proceed with the project.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 26.08.2020

Gambia
WAPP determined to build solar power park

The Economic Community of West African States is wanting to structure an ambitious 150-MW solar power project in Gambia in order to export excess output to other members of the bloc as part of its efforts to create a single power market.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 25.08.2020

DRC, South Africa
Pretoria takes cautious steps on Inga III

South Africa, which is counting on output from the Congolese mega-dam to alleviate its troubled electricity public utility Eskom, is nonetheless sceptical of Kinshasa's ability to carry out the project.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics, Business 22.07.2020

South Africa
World Bank still involved in controversial Medupi coal-fired power station

As South African giant Eskom collapses in debt, the Bretton Woods institution will pay to connect the giant Medupi power plant to the country's electricity grid.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 14.07.2020

DRC
Regional electricity markets unmoved by Grand Inga promises

In contrast to President Félix Tshisekedi's pan-African vision for his Grand Inga hydropower project, the continent's sub-regional energy pools are being more cautious about becoming future buyers of electricity from Kinshasa.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 13.07.2020

DRC
Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

Despite all the delays under his predecessors in launching construction works on the Inga III dam, Félix Tshisekedi is eager to embark on a much more ambitious project in Kongo Central province: the Grand Inga.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 26.06.2020

DRC, Ivory Coast
Jean-Claude Kabongo puts his business contacts to work for Tshisekedi

Jean-Claude Kabongo, the Congolese regime's business emissary, is putting to fresh use the impressive contact network he built up when he was himself in business in the oil and security equipment supply sectors.

Subscribers only Business 24.06.2020

Jean-Claude Kabongo, Félix Tshisekedi's special investment adviser.

DRC
Fund manager Global Infrastructure Partners wants in on Grand Inga dam project

The company owned by billionaire businessman Adebayo Ogunlesi is in talks with the Congolese authorities concerning a potentially huge investment in the mega-project to construct dams on the River Congo.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 22.06.2020

DRC
BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Australian mining giant BHP Billiton, which pulled out of the Inga III dam project in 2012, might be making a comeback.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining, Business 01.06.2020

Angola
Lourenco's three-man squad to try to defuse the country's debt bomb

Included for a few month only in the G20's debt moratorium, Angola is trapped between the effects of falling oil prices and a dollar debt with private lendors which is greater than its GDP. A high-powered team has been appointed to find solutions.

Subscribers only Politics 08.05.2020

Angolan President João Lourenço and his wife Ana Dias Lourenço.

Central African Republic
CAR President Touadera's plans to reform constitution spark consternation at home and abroad

The UN's MINUSCA stabilisation mission in the Central African Republic is concerned about a constitutional reform that would enable the country's president to stay on as interim leader if elections do not take place as planned in December this year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.04.2020

DRC, Mauritius
Mauritian firm Coracent hopes to create a special economic zone in Kinshasa

Dhiraj Balgobin, a managing partner of Mauritian firm Coracent, hopes to become Kinshasa's honorary consul in Mauritius. This would make [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.04.2020

Spotlight | DRC
After ACS pulls out, China Three Gorges Corp says it can lead Inga III project alone

Reassured by the Chinese state-owned company, the DRC government could soon draft the concession contract for the construction of the vast 11,050-MW dam.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 30.03.2020

Chad, Congo, DRC
ECCAS goes on charm offensive to fund several infrastructure projects

Four central African heads of state, together with institutional donors and business leaders, are due to attend a round table in Brazzaville on March 19 aimed at financing infrastructure projects.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 09.03.2020

Spotlight | DRC
Sino-Egyptian consortium could replace ACS and China Three Gorges on Inga III

Congolese authorities are discussing the possibility of a new consortium made up of of Egypt's Income and the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) taking over the Inga III project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 03.02.2020

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi halves Inga III's planned capacity

Rather than the 11,000 MW selected by former president Joseph Kabila, his successor has decided the mega dam will deliver less than 50 percent of that.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 23.09.2019

DRC
Inga: Lourenco counting on Tshisekedi to light up Cabinda

Angolan President Joao Lourenco used the new Congolese head of state Felix Tshisekedi's first official visit to the country as [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2019

DRC
Blocked from key files, Tshisekedi asserts grip of electricity

Forced to sit on the bench over security matters, which the outgoing President Joseph Kabila should continue to oversee (WAN [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2019

DRC
Inga: Radebe spots windfall for South African private sector

With plans to potentially double South Africa's power purchases from Congo-K's future 11,000 MW Grand Inga hydropower plant, the minister [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.01.2019

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi prepares international conference on Grand Inga hydropower project

Congo, DRC
SCET resumes studies for Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

Egypt
Ex-Mubarak minister makes Cairo comeback as Sisi's COP27 climate champion

Zimbabwe
Harare calls on Armenian IU Networks to update tax management system

DRC
CapitalKeys' ploy to make Kinshasa pay

Congo
Sassou reshuffles his UN representation in New York

DRC
Kinshasa plans tender calls for 19 mini-power stations

Africa, DRC
Tshisekedi plans pan-African climate summit in Kinshasa

DRC
Tshisekedi dramatically cancels Grand Inga talks at COP26

Egypt
Let down by Tshisekedi, Sisi turns to Sall, the next AU chair, for GERD support

Tanzania, Uganda
World Bank works to help Dodoma become an African energy hub

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa and Djibouti about to call for bids for a second interconnection line

Ethiopia
Abiy dithers amid deepening Addis housing crisis

Angola
With KBR and McDermott aboard, Soyo refinery project shows signs of life

West Africa
ECOWAS finally moves forward with Praia-Dakar-Abidjan corridor project

DRC
Huafei Energy Investment keen to get cracking on Kalumba and Kibombo power plants

Africa
UN sings AfCFTA's praises to a reluctant Nyusi

Senegal
Macky Sall launches all-out diplomatic offensive as he prepares to take over as Africa Union chair

DRC
World Bank takes lead in financing Mwinda fund to electrify rural areas

DRC, Egypt
Egyptian construction giants' bumper crop of contacts

Angola, Congo
Relations between Sassou and Lourenço become ever more poisonous

Ivory Coast
MCA strives to speed up Abidjan transport project

Angola, DRC
Oil minister Azevedo pushes Kinshasa to stop discussions about borders

Burkina Faso
Dorsale Nord power line to pass over Ouaga

DRC
SkyPower due back in Kinshasa to discuss its $1bn PV project

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Ethiopia
Abiy lobbies for South Africa to retain lead on GERD negotiations

West Africa
WAPP hopes to tap into Saint-Paul River's hydropower

DRC, Egypt
Félix Tshisekedi to travel to Cairo in November to meet Sisi

DRC
Kinshasa woos Cairo and Emirati banks for its infrastructure projects

DRC
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DRC, South Africa
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DRC
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Central African Republic
CAR President Touadera's plans to reform constitution spark consternation at home and abroad

DRC, Mauritius
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After ACS pulls out, China Three Gorges Corp says it can lead Inga III project alone

Chad, Congo, DRC
ECCAS goes on charm offensive to fund several infrastructure projects

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Sino-Egyptian consortium could replace ACS and China Three Gorges on Inga III

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi halves Inga III's planned capacity

DRC
Inga: Lourenco counting on Tshisekedi to light up Cabinda

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