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Africa Can Build Major Dams Using Its Own Resources, Ethiopia Has Proven It: Zambian Official
Africa Can Build Major Dams Using Its Own Resources, Ethiopia Has Proven It: Zambian Official
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Africa Can Build Major Dams Using Its Own Resources, Ethiopia Has Proven It: Zambian OfficialThe Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam demonstrates that African... 05.11.2026, Sputnik Africa
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Africa Can Build Major Dams Using Its Own Resources, Ethiopia Has Proven It: Zambian OfficialThe Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam demonstrates that African countries can undertake large-scale infrastructure projects through domestic funding and public contributions, Arnold Milner Simwaba, permanent secretary for electricity at country’s Ministry of Energy, told Sputnik Africa on the sidelines of the 36th African Hydropower Symposium in Addis Ababa.”’Africa cannot do anything on its own’ — I think that is false. Africa can do, you know, big power projects, big dams as well, using its own resources. It’s possible,” he said.Subscribe to @sputnik_africa Sputnik Africa | X
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Africa Can Build Major Dams Using Its Own Resources, Ethiopia Has Proven It: Zambian Official
08:12 05.11.2026 (Updated: 08:24 05.11.2026) Africa Can Build Major Dams Using Its Own Resources, Ethiopia Has Proven It: Zambian Official
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam demonstrates that African countries can undertake large-scale infrastructure projects through domestic funding and public contributions, Arnold Milner Simwaba, permanent secretary for electricity at country’s Ministry of Energy, told Sputnik Africa on the sidelines of the 36th African Hydropower Symposium in Addis Ababa.
”’Africa cannot do anything on its own’ — I think that is false. Africa can do, you know, big power projects, big dams as well, using its own resources. It’s possible,” he said.
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