Spotlight | DRC
Between AU and Fortescue, Tshisekedi determined to get Grand Inga off the ground

DRC
China Three Gorges may be back on track to bag Grand Inga deal

The Congolese government, after a series of U-turns in the Grand Inga mega-dams project, is now looking again at plans proposed by China Three Gorges. Much to the chagrin of Australia's Fortescue Metals Group, which fears that it will lose the project.

The New Guard
Kenya, Tunisia, Mali, DRC

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

KenyaBack to the UA for Kenyatta influencer Pauline Njoroge.

TunisiaMalek Zahi, the other strongman of the Saied system.

MaliAmadou Bathily, business intelligence pioneer in Bamako.

DRCFrançois Kakese, the presidency's éminence grise.

DRC
Tshisekedi dramatically cancels Grand Inga talks at COP26

After a discussion with the boss of Fortescue Metals Group, the Australian firm slated to develop the Grand Inga project, the Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi abruptly cancelled a meeting devoted to the mega-dam project at which African Development Bank and African Union representatives had been due to speak.

Djibouti
The authorities try to reach agreement with Fortescue on electricity projects MOU

Three months after a visit to Djibouti by Andrew Forrest, the billionaire boss of Australia's Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), an online meeting is due to be held in mid-September between representatives of Ismaïl Omar Guelleh's presidential administration (IOG) and the mining group.

DRC
China's Three Gorges definitively ousted from Grand Inga

Three years after Chinese state-owned firm Three Gorges signed a contract with Joseph Kabila's government, the company has been told it will no longer be given exclusive rights to develop the Inga III dam.

Africa, Mauritania
Sasol, Fortescue and CWP spearhead Africa's green hydrogen drive

From Nouakchott to Djibouti and Johannesburg, more and more private firms are being drawn to the prospect of producing green hydrogen.

Djibouti, DRC
Fortescue hopes to score double on hydrogen

Australian mining magnate Fortescue, which is scouring the continent for renewable energy projects, has its sights set on a large-scale hydrogen project in Djibouti.

Gabon
Masen and IsBD scout out investors for Dominique Auroy's power plant

The Tahiti-based entrepreneur Dominique Auroy is pulling out all the stops to find new partners and get his project for a hydroelectric plant in Gabon back on track. He is being helped by Morocco's sustainable energy agency and Islamic Development Bank.

DRC
Inga I and II power distribution revamp not before mid-2021

Initially planned for 2020, the new distribution station for the DRC's Inga I and Inga II hydropower plants will now not be ready until June 2021.

Inner circles | DRC
Incoming African Union chair Tshisekedi sets up his management team

Despite being embroiled in a violent political battle with Joseph Kabila supporters in Kinshasa, President Tshisekedi is having to organise the team which will have charge of managing his term as African Union chair in 2021.

DRC
US businessman Rubar Sandi gets busy with railways, roads, and solar farms

Entrepreneur Rubar Sandi made a fortune in Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003. With the help of Indonesian authorities, he has now embarked on several major infrastructure projects in DRC.

DRC
Gigawatts and metal ores: what Fortescue pitched to Tshisekedi

On a visit to Kinshasa on 16 September, the Australian metals giant Fortescue put forward an ambitious plan to develop electrical power and mining projects.

DRC
Chinese firms omnipresent in new Inga III consortium

After ACS pulled out of the adventure in January, five other Chinese firms have joined China Three Gorges Corp and Spain's AEE Power Holdings in The Inga Unified Consortium.

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi prepares international conference on Grand Inga hydropower project

With African Union support, the DRC will in late April play host to dozens of VIPs to discuss the development of the Congo River scheme that comprises several vast dams.