Africa's gigantic $80B dam could transform entire continent

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In a major reversal, the world bank is backing mega dams (2024) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44640233

Story by BBC in January: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62jmq0z89jo

I tried to read, but that has to be the most user hostile site I’ve ever encountered. Ads and taking me unexpectedly to try to download apps. Wtf

>To put it in perspective, it will have a generating capacity far greater than that of the Three Gorges dams in China and Itaipu in Brazil. With a projected capacity to produce 40.000 megawatts of power, the Grand Inga Dam is more than just an ambitious megaproject.

Am I missing something here?

Three Gorges damn has capacity of 80, the new Tibet dam that China already started building has a capacity 300 megawatts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/21/china-starts-b...

Is the CCP funding this? Saw no mention in the article of what government is footing the bill, is the DRC really paying $80B for this? Thats higher than their entire GDP of $66.8B.

It's cool but hardly solving the structural issues many econonies there struggle with.