Grand Inga Dam

Australian company Fortescue Metals Group's plans to develop Inga for green hydrogen exports brings the Grand Inga hydropower project's vision closer to reality.

Currently under 20% of the population in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has access to electricity, states the World Bank.

The latest news on the world’s largest hydropower scheme is that the DRC is determined to move ahead with the Grand Inga project.

Africa’s mammoth hydropower project, the Grand Inga Dam, is back in the news. Its story, which began more than six decades ago, continues to raise hackles.

Africa’s planned hydropower potential holds nearly 27GW of electricity; however, each project must traverse complex social and environmental challenges, coupled with the economics of post colonialism, writes Ruth Krüger, an independent researcher at the...