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  • Fear Over Renaissance Dam Brings Uncertainty

    The War of words between high officials of upper riparian countries of the Nile escalated as Sudan attributed Egypt’s fear over the realisation of Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to the end of water loan between the two countries. Yet, the tension between Ethiopia and Egypt intensified as both described the issue as a matter […]

  • Diplomatic Reluctance over Renaissance Dam Risks Historic Gains

    History has it that the Nile River, considered the longest river system in the world, has been the major cause of animosity between Ethiopia and Egypt. Sudan, another major regional player on the issue, has often taken sides with Egypt due largely to colonial agreements limiting the ownership of the waters of the river to […]

  • The construction of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam will cause no harm to Egypt

    Foreign Minister of Egypt Samih Shukri said this while explaining his country’s willingness to work together with Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and other projects. Construction of the Dam is ascertained to solve energy shortages of Nile neighboring countries, Shukri added in the 5th Ethio-Egyptian joint ministerial meeting. Addis Zemen – Amharic […]

  • Renaissance Dam: Is It Worth Building?

    A historic moment, dreamed of for generations, became a reality on April 2, 2011, with the announcement of the commencement of construction on the largest hydroelectric power dam in Africa – the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). This 4.8 billion dollar project is taking place on the Blue Nile River, in North western Ethiopia, in […]

  • Like the Adwa victory, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will be venerated for generations.

    Semegnew Bekele, project manager of the GERD, said this while expressing the importance of the hydropower project that is foreseen to produce 6,000Mw. Semegnew reflected that the project will be a landmark that will represent the determination and commitment of this generation, according to Sendek, an Amharic weekly, published on December 11, 2013.     

  • ERCA Lifts Hand Off Renaissance Dam Imports

    Vehicles stuck at the Bekelcha Dry Port for over a week while carrying reinforcement bars for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and other power generation projects have finally been given tax clearance. This came following a written order on August 14, 2013, from Beker Shale, the director general of the Ethiopian Revenues & Customs […]

  • Society Proposes Renaissance Civil Dam be Renamed after Meles Zenawi

    In a move that may sound ironic, civil society and non-governmental organizations that suffered a heavy blow by the introduction of the Charities & Civil Societies proclamation, which led to the drying of the financial resources and the closing of many, are proposing for the renaming of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) after the […]

  • 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 deceased Simegnew Bekele. Ethiopian Electric Power, the owner of the project, appointed Kifle to head the 4.8-billion-dollar project effective October 3, 2018. Kifle has been serving at Ethiopian Electric […]

  • Local Firm Secures Pact to Design Wabi Dam

    Ethiopian Construction Design & Supervision Works Corporation sealed a deal to conduct feasibility studies and design for the Wabi Hydropower Project which will generate 100MW of electric power. The Ministry of Water, Irrigation & Electricity has awarded the project to the company during a ceremony at the Capital Hotel last Wednesday, May 2, 2018. It […]

  • Egypt Proposes to Exclude Sudan from Dam Talks

    Amidst tense negotiations over of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egypt submitted a new proposal of excluding Sudan from the talks and introducing a neutral party, i.e. World Bank (WB), in the arbitration. The proposal was sent by Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and delivered to Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn by Sameh Shoukry, Egypt’s […]

  • The Dam Conference

    Demeke Mekonnen, deputy prime minister of Ethiopia, and Simegnew Bekele, project manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), were some of the attendees at the annual conference for the ninth National Council for the Coordination of Public Participation on the GERD that was held at Capital Hotel, on Haile Gebrselassie Avenue, on August 2, […]

  • Bond Sales for Dam Reach 9.4b Br

    Bonds collected this year for the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam have reached 9.4 billion Br. The dam will have a generating power of an estimated 6,150 MW. The main and saddle dams will also create reservoirs with an impounding capacity of 74 million cubic meters. ‘”The reason we don’t have to import electricity […]

  • Dam If You Do, Dam If You Don’t

    Gibe III dam takes hydroelectric power to a stratosphere level. A decade under construction and few months in to producing energy, it was officially inaugurated in the presence of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalign, Sileshi Bekele (PhD), the Minister of Water, Irrigation & Electricity and the Ethiopian Electric Power CEO and Gibe III project coordinator, Azeb […]

  • Dam if You Do, Dam if You Don’t

    Ethiopia is counting on a great leap forward by going big on massive dams.The Gibe III project was just completed and inaugurated. It is now able to generate electricity at its complete capacity. However, there have been many complaints about the effects that the Gibe III dam would have on the environment and the people to live next to and with the Omo river from Ethiopia into Kenya. Although great efforts have been made to mitigate the effects that the dam would have on the local community, it may be too soon to tell, as MENNA ASRAT, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER, reports.

  • Prime Minister Launches Gilgel Gibe Dam

    Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has officially launched Gibe III hydropower project of the Ethiopian Electric Power. “Attaining development plans without electricity will be difficult for the country,” the Prime Minister told stakeholders at the launch. It was built by Salini Impregilo, an Italian company that was also behind the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam. […]

  • Gibe III Dam starts generating Power

    Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric power has started generating power with 96 pc completion of the dam, according to Ethiopian Electric Power. The dam was contracted by Salini Impregilo, a company established in 2014 and a contractor for the Grand Renaissance dam. Out of the 10 turbines in the dam eight of them has started to […]

  • DAM AWARD

    The construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has reached 42pc completion after four years of construction since the placing of the cornerstone by the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on April 2, 2011. Since then, many have been contributing to construction of the dam in different ways. Side by side with the celebration […]

  • Back the Dam

    At this time, many governmental and non-governmental bodies are stretching their hands to the construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), with most being initiated by the vigorous campaign of the GERD Construction Public Cooperation Council. Here, the Bank of Abyssinia came with a one million birr gift for the GERD, presented by Mehari […]

  • DAM CONTRIBUTION

    Berhan International Bank S.C (BIB) has forwarded one million birr towards the construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Kebede Chane (left), Minister of Trade, as well as a member of the Coordination & Public Participation for the Construction of the GERD project, received the bank’s contribution from Solomon Alemseged (right), board chairperson of […]

  • Nation’s Most Expensive Dam Undertaken by Sino-Ethiopia JV

    A joint venture between two Chinese and one Ethiopian contractor are undertaking the construction of the twin Gebba Hydro electric power dams, with 9.3 billion Br in financing from China. The dams will be built on the Gebba River in western Ethiopia across the Jimma and Ilu Aba Bora zones of the Oromia Regional State. […]

  • Ethiopia to Contract Most Expensive Dam

    The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), a state monopoly tasked with the investment, expansion and operations of a generation as well as transmission of electric power, is to award a contract to build a dam on Gebba River, whose cost per megawatt (mw) is twice the amount spent on the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), sources […]

  • Africa Rising Rhetoric Misses Fundamentals

    The African economic success story is by now a well-reported fact. More than half of the world’s 10 fastest-growing economies are in Africa, and the continent’s economy is projected to grow by more than five percent this year. In sub-Saharan Africa, the overall annual economic growth rate has surpassed that of far wealthier countries that […]

  • Hawkish Ethiopia Emboldened by Intellectuals’ Support of Mega Dam

    Ethiopian Intellectuals are unusually getting vocal in support of the government’s drive to build a mega dam on the Abay (Nile) River,  irrespective of their political differences with the ruling ERDF. On May 22, 2014, at the Radisson Blu, a one day conference was organised by the Ethiopian Bar Association on the subject of energy […]

  • Chinese Premier to Inaugurate Addis-Adama Expressway

    Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang will inaugurate the six-lane Addis-Adama expressway, which was completed recently after three years of construction, on Monday, May 5, 2014. The Chinese premiere is also expected to sign 17 agreements with Ethiopia, focusing mainly on financial support for economic and technical cooperation. Legal and cultural […]

  • Technology Institute Agrees to Consult Grand Dam

    The Addis Abeba Institute of Technology (AAiT) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for consultancy services on the Great Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) with the Metal & Engineering Corporation (MetEC). The AAiT will be paid two million Birr in advance for a contract yet to be signed, in six months, for a sum yet […]