Your account has been succesfully created.

Subscribe now

DRC

COP26: Between Grand Inga and DRC forestry capital, Félix Tshisekedi attempts grand slam in Glasgow

Read this article in our running story

“Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga”

DRC

Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Although their construction is being hampered by the very scale of the project in which they figure, the huge Inga III and Inga VIII hydroelectric dams offer the prospect of being able to generate tens of thousands of megawatts of electricity. Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi, whose standing at home has been weakened by his dispute with his predecessor Joseph Kabila, is trying to position himself as the harbinger of a project capable of providing electricity for the entire African continent. To do so, he needs to find the right candidates among the hordes of investors milling at his door. [...]

Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi arrives for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. © Phil Noble/Reuters

The DRC presidency has come out in force at the climate summit in Glasgow and is looking to give substance to its carbon reduction projects. Its main asset, the construction of the Grand Inga, will be the subject of a behind-the-scenes meeting with the African Union. [...] (608 words)

Issue dated 03/11/2021 Reading time 3 minutes

This article may be accessed by subscribers and e-wallet holders (USD 12.50)

2 options offered to continue reading

e-wallet

from EUR/USD 50

Only buy articles you are interested in

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION

Unlimited access to the website

See our rates

Choose the option that suits you best: Compare all of our offers!

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

create a free account

Read this article here:

Infrastructures

How Félix Tshisekedi got his Gulfstream back

The Congolese president, fed up with travelling on expensive privately hired planes, has recovered the state-owned Gulfstream that had been grounded in Spain for six years due to unpaid repair bills. [...]

Spotlight

AFRICA 17/11/2021

The African/Latin American tug of war that nearly blocked COP26

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow began with a behind closed doors serious tug of war between African negotiators and Latin American counterparts. The COP26 ended on 14 November with its overall results falling short of expectations. [...]

AFRICA DRC 17/11/2021

Tshisekedi plans pan-African climate summit in Kinshasa

In the wake of the COP26 in Glasgow, the Congolese head of state is seeking to use his last few weeks at the head of the African Union to show that he is uniting the continent in its fight against global warming. [...]

Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo. © Michele Tantussi/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

CONGO 09/11/2021

Pastor Ntumi reshuffles party for legislative elections

Frederic Bintsamou, otherwise known as 'Pastor Ntoumi', is putting his party in order for the 2022 legislative and local elections. [...]

MADAGASCAR 04/11/2021

Rajoelina seeks backing for wife's ethanol goals at COP26

Like his central African peers, President Andry Rajoelina was in Glasgow to promote his forests' potential as a carbon sink, but he also used the opportunity to raise funds for solutions to replace charcoal with ethanol, a project dear to his wife Mialy. [...]

Andry Rajoelina and his wife, Mialy Rajoelina. © Reuters

Gabonese Minister of the Environment Lee White (left), with President Ali Bongo, 28 September 2021. © @PresidentABO/Twitter

Inner circles

GABON 08/10/2021

Eco-diplomat Lee White marshals his green warriors on eve of COP26

Having progressed in the space of a decade from head of national parks to architect of the green diplomatic strategy that Gabon is trying to promote throughout the world, Gabonese environment minister Lee White is running his campaign with a handful of key collaborators. [...]

Spotlight

CONGO GABON 17/09/2021

Bongo's high-stakes carbon gamble ahead of COP26

Before the next round of climate negotiations, Gabon is attempting to revise the United Nation's method of calculating a country's carbon footprint with the goal of quickly selling its emission permits. [...]

DRC 15/02/2021

A 'dam' fine war over Grand Inga among Tshisekedi's advisors

Australian mining company Fortescue, backed by special advisor Alexy Kayembe, is Félix Tshisekedi's favourite for Grand Inga... for now. But two other advisors continue to make moves to take control of the colossal dam project. [...]

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi. © Gao Junya/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

SAHEL 07/01/2021

Industrialists and lobbyists line up behind Macron's agroecology project at One Planet Summit

The "Africa agroecology initiative" to be launched on 11 January in Paris by Emmanuel Macron, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and Prince Charles has been put together behind the scenes by Geocoton's deputy general manager Karim Aït Talb and the lobbyist Hamza Hraoui, who have brought several leading agribusiness players on board. [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron at the One Planet Summit in New York City on 29 September 2018. © John Taggart/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Receive free prompts for these topics

DRC
African Union
COP21
Denis Sassou Nuesso
Eve Bazaiba
Félix Tshisekedi
G20
Green Climate Fund
Raila Odinga
Sama Lukonde Kyenge
UN

New: Sign up for real-time alerts and be notified of new editions!

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Chad, Togo and Ivory Coast vie for blue helmet contracts

The secret story of Déby clan's links with Nigerian mogul Ali Modu Sheriff

COP26: Between Grand Inga and DRC forestry capital, Félix Tshisekedi attempts grand slam in Glasgow