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…
Month: October 2018
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.