But once fully activated, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will generate 6,450 MW of power for Ethiopia and neighbouring countries, and will also be…
Year: 2018
Water crisis looms for Egypt as Ethiopia's Nile mega-dam
the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and its likely consequences for Egypt. titled Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam or GERD, under construction on the…
AfCFTA: Buhari to receive committee's report in January
The Presidency disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday. The AfCFTA seeks to remove all forms of restrictions to trade and investment flows within the African continent…
Egypt's water scarcity reaches 140%, says ministry
and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which Cairo fears will negative impact its access to Nile waters amounts to 55.5 billion cubic metres.
GERD-lagging construction sees new delay due to work defects
Possible defects with the hydro-electrical plant’s equipment of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will postpone its completion to the end of 2022…
Ethiopia's huge Nile dam delayed to 2022 - News
company in Ethiopia will add four more years to the construction schedule of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a project official said yesterday.
2022 Slated as New Deadline for Grand Ethiopian
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), being built along River Nile, will be completed in 2022, GERD Project Manager Eng. Kifle Horo said.
Ethiopia Says GERD Needs 4 Years to Be Completed
Addis Ababa — The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), being built along River Nile, will be completed in 2022, GERD Project Manager Eng. Kifle…
GCC expects to benefit from new hydropower plant in Ethiopia
A delegation from Saudi Arabia visited the construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in 2016. In May, Ethiopia’s new prime minister Abiy Ahmed…
South Africa's Parliament approves agreement to establish AfCFTA
The AfCFTA will create a single set of rules for trade and investment among all African countries [involved] and provides legal certainty for traders and investors…
Rwanda: African Think-Tanks Say Insecurity Is a Threat to
Estimates by the Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) indicate that AfCFTA has the potential to boost intra-African trade by eliminating import duties, and…
After initial bluff, Nigeria off with largest delegation to AfCFTA
Next week, the AfCFTA countries are taking the first big step with an Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) in which 41 countries have already registered to participate. The…
Economic Integration in Africa (AfCFTA) - IMF Finance
Now a new player is emerging with the potential to defragment Africa and boost the productivity of its economies: the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)…
Nile countries prepare water monitoring system to fill data gaps
have been at loggerheads since 2011, when Ethiopia started building the 6.5-gigawatt Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, set to be the largest dam in Africa.
EA Debate: Role of youth in the implementation of AfCFTA
If ratified, the Africa Continental Free Trade Area would the continent the largest free-trade block in terms of participating countries since the formation of the…
Varsity students in AfCFTA competition
The competition seeks to create awareness among students on AfCFTA and related comparative advantages of Rwanda, according to the Economic Policy…
AfCFTA: Big economies afraid of 'cheating', says ECA's David
AfCFTA: Big economies afraid of ‘cheating’, says ECA’s David Luke, The CFTA is expected to promote value addition and consequently boost trade among…
East Africa to strengthen regional integration through AfCFTA
Representatives from 14 countries in East Africa have agreed to promote regional integration through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Somalia's Thorny Problems on the Horn of Africa
Editor’s Note: This assessment has been amended to delete a reference to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as a Chinese infrastructure project.
Harnessing AfCFTA for gender equality is important - TMEA
Matsaert also shared his broad view on political will, how gender is a central issue, and the need to harness convincing arguments about how the AfCFTA should…
AfCFTA: Minister Ndagijimana urges greater political will to
Closing the three-day 22nd meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE), which focused on the implementation of the AfCFTA, the minister had…
ETHIOPIA : Behind the scenes of 'Operation METEC' - Issue 1486 dated 23/11/2018 - The Indian Ocean Newsletter
evening of 25 July with the now-deceased project director for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Simegnew Bekele, on the very eve of his death.
Madbouli reveals outcome of meetings with Algerian
The joint developmental fund will establish projects related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), according to Sudanese Foreign Minister Osama…
Ethiopia Offers Investors a Tantalizing, If Tainted, Promise
Indeed, the emphasis on critical — but expensive — infrastructure projects like the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has created an acute foreign exchange…
AfCFTA gives Africa hope - Zambia Daily Mail
With the coming of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which is aimed at creating an effective single market through the facilitation of the free movement…
AfCFTA: Moving from vision to action 'requires political will'
Trucks at Rusumo border post. Of the 49 countries on the continent that have signed the AfCFTA deal, only 12 have so far ratified it. Nadege Imbabazi.
Navigating Ethiopia's journey towards reconciliation and justice
tasked with building major projects, including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), of perpetrating an outrageous plunder of the national wealth.
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam nears completion, but not
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam nears completion, but not without controversy. By Jehron Muhammad | Last updated: Nov 20, 2018 – 9:02:39 PM.
We are committed to follow-up, continuation of GERD talks: Ethiopian PM
in order to achieve the desired understandings over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) for the benefit of the two peoples and the two countries.
Africans should be well informed about AfCFTA - expert
How exactly do you hope to help reach a regional consensus on how to move forward with implementing the AfCFTA? It’s important that policymakers from the…
Regional policymakers, experts to discuss AfCFTA
Signed in Kigali in March, the AfCFTA is a trade agreement initially endorsed by 44 AU member states, with the goal of creating a single market across the…
Afghanistan's Rivers Could Be India's Next Weapon Against
A similar dispute has been brewing between Egypt and Ethiopia as Egypt fears Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will reduce its share of the Nile…
MetEC management, Security members detained
Following the recent stalemates in the negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) · Politics | Mar 28. Ethiopia weathers US, Egypt…
Egypt: Negotiations on Ethiopia dam 'not easy'
Egypt is seeking to reach a “non-fragile” agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the country’s water resources and irrigation minister, Mohamed…
Dangote speaks on FG's signing of AfCFTA
Dangote said:I was in another forum recently and when the Ghanaian president was asked why the AfCFTA has not been signed by Nigeria and he pointed at me…
Egypt woos Sudan as upstream Nile basin states draw closer
a share of the the electricity to be generated from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and also to pressure Cairo into a compromise on the border dispute.
Will the next Middle East war be about water?
Construction on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam began in 2017 on the Blue Nile, the largest of the two tributaries that supply about 85% of water into…
PAP winds up session with pledge to push for AfCFTA
Signed on March 21 in Kigali, the AfCFTA is a trade agreement initially endorsed by 44 AU member states. Its goal is to create a single market across the continent.
AfCFTA, the catalyst for Africa's growth
AfCFTA commits countries to remove tariffs on 90 per cent of goods, progressively liberalise trade in services, and address a host of other non-tariff barriers, like…
GERD to collapse within years: int'l dam expert
international dam expert Ahmed Al-Shennawi has predicted the collapse of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) after a few years of its operation.
Infographic: The Global Transition to Green Energy
Take Ethiopia for example: the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project along the Nile River will help meet the area’s rising energy…
Pan-African MPs pledge to support AfCFTA ratification
MPs follow proceedings during a session of the Fifth Pan-African Parliament at Kigali Convention Centre on Monday. Nadege Imbabazi. Twitter; Facebook…
New Pan-African body to advocate for AfCFTA implementation
Africa’sleading private sector institutions and corporates have established a Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) to serve as…
AfCFTA ratification: Kagame seeks support of Pan-African
Signed in Kigali on March 21 this year, the AfCFTA is a trade agreement initially endorsed by 44 AU member states, with the goal of creating a single market…
President Buhari's remarks at inauguration of Committee on AfCFTA
It is against this background that we are gathered here today on the subject of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) which was…
Egypt to help Tanzania build huge dam on Rufiji River
a giant dam named the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, raising concerns from Egypt, a downstream country, about its annual share of the Nile water.
Who is benefiting from Egypt's agricultural woes?
Egypt is also facing a major water shortage problem, which is projected to worsen when the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile in Ethiopia is…
Is Ethiopia taking control of the River Nile?
Ethiopia is building Africa’s largest dam — the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam; Situated on the Blue Nile, the dam could threaten Egypt’s water supply…
German Voith to supply 3 new turbines for Ethiopian
Last August, Ahmed admitted that the ambitious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), to be built on the Blue Nile, would face a delay of years. He initially…
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile. Sarah Lazarus, CNN. Published 5:57 AM ET, Fri October 19, 2018. Share. Egypt River Nile_IME_6 Egypt…
AfCFTA as Nigeria's economic tsunami
Similarly, Nigeria’s economy with even a poorer socio-economic infrastructure cannot survive with AfCFTA that will stranglehold it to South Africa and other trans-…
Imran Khan Sounds Sincere about Solving Pakistan's Water
Nor would this be the first dam that has been crowdsourced – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was partially funded by internal fund raising.
Climate risk profile: Egypt - Fact Sheet - Egypt
The upstream construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, will further divert the Nile’s water, implicating Egypt’s water security. Other reforms include…
METEC to Have Reorganization, New Name
METEC came under hot water recently for the delay it caused to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed himself…
Ethiopia: Former Dam Chief Back in Driver's Seat
Kifle Horo, former head of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, has been named the new chief engineer of the project, replacing the position held by the…
Ethiopia: East Africa's Emerging Giant
These include expansive road and rail networks and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, started in 2011 on the Nile River. When completed, the dam is set…
Ethiopia: Kifle Horo Assigned as GERD's Project Manager
At the end of the works, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be the largest dam in Africa: 1,800 m long, 155 m high and with a total volume of…
The AfCFTA momentum needs refueling
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), process seems to be stalling. There is concern that some critical timelines will not be met. Funds for the long…
Ethiopia appoints new project manager for Nile dam
as the new general manager of the country’s most controversial hydro-dam on the Nile — the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) worth $4.8 billion.
98% of Egypt's total area is desert, says minister
and Sudan in an attempt to reach an agreement regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam that, ensuring a fair settlement for all the involved parties.
World Rivers Day: How humanity shapes and abuses crucial waterways
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project is one such example. While the project stands to benefit Ethiopia, it could affect populations thousands of miles…
Saudi Arabia eyes Ethiopian hydropower link to cut reliance
A high-level delegation from Saudi Arabia visited the construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in 2016. In May, Ethiopia’s new prime minister…
Egypt backs out of verbal agreement on 4-7 year time frame to
capital of Addis Ababa to be briefed on the latest recommendations on the time frame to fill the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s reservoir, a contentious…
Egypt: Negotiations on Ethiopia dam have failed
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is one of three dams that have been built for hydropower generation in Ethiopia. Cairo has nevertheless announced its…
Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan discuss hydro-dam on Nile
Ethiopia launched the 6,450 MW project, officially known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), in 2011. It was scheduled to be completed within…
AfCFTA to spur Africa's industrialisation and economic
Countries can use the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) tool to create opportunities for African businesses and through them drive the continent’s…
Changing rainfall patterns spell risk for hydropower in Africa
dams, with the commissioning of several major new developments, including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, now almost completed.
Egypt's Rice Farmers at Risk From a Dam Thousands of Miles
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be the largest of its kind in Africa and a linchpin of Ethiopia’s ambitious plans for economic development. Cairo fears…
Min. of irrigation visits inspector general of Egyptian Irrigation
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which could have a negative impact on Egypt’s Nile water share. Despite the latest negotiations between Ethiopia…
Sudan reaffirms support for Ethiopia dam project
“Sudan will derive multiple benefits from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project,” Saleh said at a meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam…
Egypt President's visit draws mixed opinions in Ethiopia
on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),” Abebe, a lecturer at political science and international relations department at the Addis Ababa University…
No cheap power for EA yet as Ethiopian dam project goes into brownout
Site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, northwestern Ethiopia. The project was expected to start generating electricity from the first two turbines…
Ethiopia: Grand renaissance dam engineer's death ruled as suicide - News
The death of the chief engineer on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, whose body was found inside a Toyota Land Cruiser near a busy square in Addis…
Investigators say Simegnew Bekele of GERD committed suicide
engineer, project manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Simegnew Bekele, has revealed that the engineer has committed suicide.
Grand Renaissance Dam in deep water
The construction of the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) along the Nile, a project treated as national prestige, is lagging behind its schedule…
Death That Spurred Ethiopian Conspiracy Theories Is Ruled a Suicide
A raft of theories grew up around the death of Semegnew Bekele, who was the unofficial ambassador of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a $4 billion…
Sisi returns to Cairo from Uzbekistan
also held high-level talks with a number of African officials, to discuss such topics as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the conflict in South Sudan.
METEC Accused of Embezzling Billions from GERD Project
September 6, 2018 – Over eight billion birr has been embezzled from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project by Ethiopian Metals and Engineering…
US, EU want Egypt, Ethiopia to restart dam talks
as to Egypt’s stand concerning construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project and on the resumption of the tripartite deliberations,” he added.
Egypt to continue supporting South Sudan: Sisi
particularly regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis – and hoped that agreements between the two countries could be implemented.
Sisi holds series of meetings with African leaders in Beijing
In his meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, President Sisi discussed the bilateral relations and the under-construction Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…
Egyptian farmers hit as Nile Delta comes under threat
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be the largest of its kind in Africa and a linchpin of Ethiopia’s ambitious plans for economic development. Cairo fears…
No breakthrough in Nile dam talks but is this Egypt's moment?
CAIRO – Egypt has renewed calls for Addis Ababa to move ahead with negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) amid growing fatigue…
Africa in the news: European leaders visit, political reforms in Ethiopia, and a power sector update from South Africa
state-led firm Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC), which was responsible for installing turbines for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Ethiopia dam workers on third day of strike
Laborers, engineers and drivers working on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have announced their third day of strike in a row, to protest poor…
Water Shortages, Intensified by Climate Change, Threaten
Ten states share the Nile River basin, but Ethiopia’s ambitious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, which is halfway completed, has caused an uproar in…
Egypt calls on Ethiopia to push negotiation process to reach
On Tuesday, Cairo called on Addis Ababa to push forward negotiations and reach a compromise concerning the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to ensure…
Ethiopia fires state company from GERD dam - News
The government of Ethiopia has fired a big state company from the project to build the 6,450MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the country’s most…
GERD might not see light: Ethiopian PM
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on Saturday that Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) might not be completed, the Ethiopian…
PM meets the press
Following the recent stalemates in the negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Politics | Mar 28. Ethiopia weathers US, Egypt pressure…
Egypt: The Nile crisis and its socialist solution
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) situated on the Blue Nile, which is set to house the largest hydroelectric plant in Africa, is nearing completion.
New Acting Chief Engineer Named for Ethiopian Dam
Simegnew Bekele, project manager and chief engineer on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, was found murdered. Photo: Gioia Forster/picture-alliance/…
Ethiopia Appoints News Manager for Grand Dam Project
2018 – The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has appointed Ephrem Woldekidan as Acting Project Manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)…
Ethiopia: Exploiting the Gulf's scramble for the Horn of Africa
Qatar financing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam? Where on earth did you get such a preposterous information? Never cared to fact-check the matter…
Water Wars on the Nile
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River has the potential to transform Ethiopia’s economy and revolutionize the agricultural sector of…
Who Killed the Chief Engineer of the Grand Ethiopian
Simegnew Bekele, project manager and chief engineer on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, was found murdered. Photo: Gioia Forster/picture-alliance/…
Inclusiveness and community-level engagement crucial for
The AfCFTA will not succeed unless there is a robust dialogue at national level complemented by regional and continental dialogue sessions, he further added.
EXCLUSIVE: Ethiopia asks for 5-6 yrs to fill GERD's reservoir
Nile downstream countries Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Ethiopia has asked for 5-6 years to fill the dam’s reservoir…
SME sector will benefit from the AfCFTA - Meyer
NAMIBIA’s small and medium enterprises sector will gain easier access to bigger foreign markets for goods and services through the African continental free…
Before Nigeria inks the AfCFTA deal
AfCFTA is an attempt to boost intra-African trade, which at present is estimated at just 10 per cent. It aspires to operate a single market for goods and services, just…