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Uganda
Seven years on, Kampala and Kinshasa reboot power interconnection project

The project to build a power line between Uganda and the DRC, put on ice in 2014, has now resurfaced as it could work to both countries' interests. [...]

Published on 30/09/2020 at 06:00 GMT

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Uganda
Museveni wants to convince European tourists to fly with Uganda Airlines

After enacting the reopening of the Entebbe international airport on 1 October, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is now touting its merits to overseas tourists - and travel agents. A delegation of European tour operations should be arriving in Kampala in November.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 21.10.2020

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni hopes to attract European tourists.

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

DRC
Chinese firms omnipresent in new Inga III consortium

After ACS pulled out of the adventure in January, five other Chinese firms have joined China Three Gorges Corp and Spain's AEE Power Holdings in The Inga Unified Consortium.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 19.08.2020

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

Libya
Bodde and Chemonics to help GECOL to restore power

The American ambassador in Libya, Peter Bodde, and the Chemonics consulting group have come to the rescue of national electricity [...]

Subscribers only Business 08.12.2016

DRC
Nationalism rears head on Inga 3

A month after informing donors in Paris that it planned to start building Inga 3 in October, 2015, the Congolese government is already organizing another workshop on the dam.

Subscribers only Energy 18.06.2013

DRC
Strong push for Inga 3

During a closed-door meeting with donors in Paris on May 19, Congo-K’s electricity minister, Bruno Kapandji Kalala, made a strong [...]

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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?