Will DR Congo build a massive dam?Go to BBCAfrica.com for more news from the African continent. Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica The DR Congo is planning to build a massive dam delivering power to millions of people - but it is not easy.
Can DR Congo have an interconnected electricity grid?Attempts to solve this problem date back decades. In the early 2000s DR Congo and its neighbours - South Africa, Angola, Namibia and Botswana - dreamt up an interconnected electricity grid. They looked to the vast Congo River, realising that its powerful waters have an immense hydropower potential.
Will DR Congo be a catalyst for Africa's industrialisation?Through Inga, DR Congo will play its role as "the trigger of the African revolver.a catalyst for the industrialisation of Africa," says the country's Agency for the Development and Promotion of the Grand Inga Project. The BBC contacted the agency for this article but it did not comment.
Is DR Congo struggling to maintain unity?But the dam is a complex engineering project - one that requires its many stakeholders to work together in harmony. The World Bank returning, only for the Three Gorges to leave, suggests DR Congo is struggling to maintain such unity. And despite DR Congo's ambition, construction cannot begin unless funding is secur
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Go to BBCAfrica.com for more news from the African continent. Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica The DR Congo is planning to build a massive dam delivering power to millions of people - but it is not easy.
Attempts to solve this problem date back decades. In the early 2000s DR Congo and its neighbours - South Africa, Angola, Namibia and Botswana - dreamt up an interconnected electricity grid. They looked to the vast Congo River, realising that its powerful waters have an immense hydropower potential.
Through Inga, DR Congo will play its role as "the trigger of the African revolver... a catalyst for the industrialisation of Africa," says the country's Agency for the Development and Promotion of the Grand Inga Project. The BBC contacted the agency for this article but it did not comment.
But the dam is a complex engineering project - one that requires its many stakeholders to work together in harmony. The World Bank returning, only for the Three Gorges to leave, suggests DR Congo is struggling to maintain such unity. And despite DR Congo's ambition, construction cannot begin unless funding is secured.
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