South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma seems to be making a final push to secure the nuclear power deal before his tenure comes to an end. But it won’t be easy.
The Inga dams in the DRC generate about 1000 MW of electricity for the country.
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Small-scale renewable energy projects have tremendous potential to power rural areas in the DRC. Rural areas in the country have very little access to electricity.
Research Associate at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and at a research unit on Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM), University of the Witwatersrand