By Emmanuel Mwamba
The Great Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia’s Self-financed Infrastructure
Prwsident Wiliam Ruto has visited the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) , a massive hydroelectric power plant on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia.
It is the largest hydo-project in Africa. The project, has finally been inaugurated in September 2025.
It has been a source of intense regional controversy and diplomatic tensions, primarily with downstream nations Egypt and Sudan.
Designed to double Ethiopia’s electricity output, the dam has an installed capacity of 5,150 megawatts.
For Ethiopia, it is a crucial project for economic development, aiming to provide electricity to millions of citizens and create a surplus for export.
The project was largely funded by Ethiopia itself, relying on domestic resources and government bonds rather than external institutions like the World Bank.
Mwamba this is what your PF should have initiated when they came to power.It took Ethiopia 14 years to construct the dam. Your PF spent time in political issues with opposition amid rampant looting and dancing spending government resources lavishly.Today you want to blame HH trying to get some political mileage on poor electricity supply and load shedding.This is shameful.