Will a new mega-dam bring prosperity to East Africa?

Ethiopia built Africa’s biggest dam, but more than half its people still have no reliable power. The surplus is flowing south to Kenya instead, where a growing tech economy needs exactly what Ethiopia has to sell.

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Ethiopia‘s Grand Renaissance Dam has doubled the country’s power generation, but millions of people in the country still lack electricity.

In rural areas, families rely on firewood, limiting children’s ability to study. Expanding the grid remains a major challenge.

Meanwhile, Ethiopia exports surplus energy to neighbors like Kenya, where demand for reliable power is rising to support industry and data-driven growth.

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