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TANZANIA’S $215M KIDUNDA WATER PROJECT TO BE INITIATED IN JULY

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TANZANIA’S $215M KIDUNDA WATER PROJECT TO BE INITIATED IN JULY

Tanzania’s Kidunda dam water project to commence in july. The long awaited Kidunda Dam water project in Morogoro Region in Tanzania will commence in july 2018. Negotiations between the Dar es Salaam water and Sewerage Authority (DAWASA) and the National Social Securtiy Fund (NSSF) are ongoing as the project is aimed at increasing the water supply within the Dar es Salaam and Coast region. DAWASA Acting Chief Executive Officer, Engineer Romanus Mwang’ingo, said the authority…

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ETHIOPIA TO CONTINUE WITH CONSTRUCTION OF RENAISSANCE DAM EVEN AFTER EGYPT WARNS

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ETHIOPIA TO CONTINUE WITH CONSTRUCTION OF RENAISSANCE DAM EVEN AFTER EGYPT WARNS

Mr Beleke says Ethiopia does not need anyone’s permission to benefit from its natural resources. Ethiopian minister of water, electricity and irrigation, Seleshi Bekele, after a meeting (between countries that share the Nile) which ended without an agreement, said despite warnings from Egypt it would continue with the construction of its huge hydro dam on the Nile. Egypt’s president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, had recently issued a stern warning to Ethiopia concerning its Renaissance Dam on the Nile, as construction…

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CONTRACT FOR US$582m THAKWE MULTI-PURPOSE DAM HAVE BEEN SIGNED

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CONTRACT FOR US$582m THAKWE MULTI-PURPOSE DAM HAVE BEEN SIGNED

Kenya Government signs US$582m contract for construction of Thakwe multi-purpose dam. The county governments of Makueni and Kitui in Kenya have signed a US$582m contract with China Gezhouba Group Company to construct  the Thwake Multi-Purpose Dam. Thakwe Dam which is currently the largest project of its kind in East Africa, will commence in 3 months time and will provide clean water to over 1.3 million people as it will store over 150,000 cubic meters of water, some of…

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ZIMBABWE TO COMPLETE DAM AFTER 105 YEARS WAIT

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ZIMBABWE TO COMPLETE DAM AFTER 105 YEARS WAIT

The Gwayi-Shangani dam to be completed in two years, that will bring about socio-economic transformation after 105 years wait. The Gwayi-Shangani Dam which is one of the national projects being undertaken under Zim-Asset is on the confluence of Gwayi and Shangani rivers, has been put on hold for so long due to financial challenges whereby making the development of the Matabeleland region to be very slow. The Vice President of the country, Phelekezela Mphoko has been promised by the managing director of…

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