Ethiopia expects Nile River dam to go operational in late 2020
State media reported that the government had signed an agreement with GE Hydro France, a unit of GE Renewables, to accelerate the completion of Nile […]
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Profile of Kifle Horo – the new Project Manager of Ethiopia’s mega dam – GERD
ADDIS ABABA (Semonegna)–Eng. Kifle Horo appointed as the new Project Manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest gravity dam located located approximately […]
Tripartite talks on Ethiopia’s Nile dam suspended in Khartoum: No consensus
KHARTOUM (Xinhua)–Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour on Friday announced suspension of the tripartite talks between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia without reaching a consensual solution regarding […]
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Marks Milestone, Approaches Completion
As its name suggests, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Damis not just an infrastructure project, but was also conceived as a statement about Ethiopia’s vision for […]
IGAD Executive Secretary Hands Over Staff Contribution to GERD Project
DJIBOUTI CITY (IGAD)–The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), H.E. Amb (Eng) Mahboub Maalim, on 21st January 2018, handed over a check […]
GERD’s 9 Million Cubic Meter Concrete Filling Completed
Simegnew Bekele (Eng.), Chief Engineer of the Renaissance Dam, recently briefed visiting journalists that 9 million cubic meters, out of the required 10.1 million cubic […]
Sudan Says Ethiopian Dam Won’t Harm Egypt’s Full Share of Nile Water
Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn, for his part, denied the existence of any political differences between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over the Ethiopian Dam. KHARTOUM […]
Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam 60 Pct Completed
The construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam was started in April 2011 with a cost of 80 billion Ethiopian birr (about 4.7 billion U.S. dollars). […]
Stepping Up Efforts of Making Ethiopia an Investment Hub
The Ethiopian government need to let know foreign investors that policy won’t block them from being beneficiaries of the other investment potentials of the country […]
Africa’s Biggest Hydropower Plant (GERD) to Supply Power to Sudan
The transmission line will connect the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile River with Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister said. By […]