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Tshisekedi's hopes for united front on Fortescue mega-dam project

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“Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga”

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Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Although their construction is being hampered by the very scale of the project in which they figure, the huge Inga III and Inga VIII hydroelectric dams offer the prospect of being able to generate tens of thousands of megawatts of electricity. Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi, whose standing at home has been weakened by his dispute with his predecessor Joseph Kabila, is trying to position himself as the harbinger of a project capable of providing electricity for the entire African continent. To do so, he needs to find the right candidates among the hordes of investors milling at his door. [...]

To silence the criticism that has plagued the development of hydroelectric mega-dams on the Congo River, Félix Tshisekedi's chief of staff is trying to unite the teams involved and garner their support for Australian mining giant Fortescue's project. [...]

Published on 10/02/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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“Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga”

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Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

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Agence pour le développement et la promotion du Grand Inga
Alexy Kayembe de Bampende
Andre Wameso
Bruno Kapandji
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Felix Tshisekedi
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Guylain Nyembo
Jean-Claude Kabongo
Olivier Mukaleng Mwenze

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Fortescue pays top dollar to Tshisekedi pal to lobby on Grand Inga

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China Three Gorges may be back on track to bag Grand Inga deal

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Tshisekedi's reshuffles his presidential staff, one step at a time

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The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi in Bujumbura (Burundi) on 21 May 2022.

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Kinshasa and Fortescue to hold next round of negotiations in Paris

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The strange handling by Minister Olivier Mwenze of the Nzilo II dam tender

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Kinshasa plans tender calls for 19 mini-power stations

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China's Three Gorges definitively ousted from Grand Inga

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Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2021

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