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1. WB grants additional loan of 116.7 million Dollars to Democratic Republic of the Congo

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   23 February 2010 The World Bank has granted a loan of 116.7 million Dollars to finance a project for upgrading electricity infrastructures in the DRC. This financing, the agreement for which was signe…

2. UPDATE 1-BHP not to build Congo plant, setback for hydro plan

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   16 February 2012 KINSHASA, Feb 15 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton's decision to abandon plans for an aluminium smelter in the Democratic Republic of Congo could create problems for the planned Inga 3 hydro power project, the energy minister said on Wednesday. "The problem is real but there are alternative solutions," Energy Minister Gilbert Tshiongo told Reuters, but added the government was confident of finding other backing for the project. "There are other clients, there is the domestic demand, there is demand also from the exterior. Inga was not mainly for the exterior but for interior consumption,"…

3. Congo to receive £76 million for road infrastructure

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   9 September 2009 The Department for International Development has announced a doubling in funding for its road-building programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from £38 million to £76 million. Africa minister Gareth Thomas informed the country during a visit that the Pro-Routes project would help the DRC government to create between 2,500 and 3,000 km of priority roads. Currently, the official revealed, the country has only 2,000 km of paved roads as opposed to the 398,000 km used in the UK. "By doubling the amount of UK[add space]aid ordinary citizens and businesses will get better…

4. Congo invites collaboration on hydropower plant

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   7 September 2009 The Democratic Republic of Congo will open the doors to a $5 billion (£3 billion) Western Power Corridor hydropower project this week, the Congolese ambassador to South Africa has revealed. In an interview with Bloomberg, Bene M'Poko said the goal was to expand the regional partnership in order to increase production. "What we're going to propose [at the Kinshasa summit on September…

5. Congo wants to attain 90 percent access to electricity by 2015

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   by the Xinhua press agency. Elsewhere, in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, the minister for Transport and Communication of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC), Martin Kabwelulu,  this week…

6. Vodacom May Lose Control of Congo Unit Amid Dispute

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   29 March 2012 Bloomberg - March 28. 2012 Vodacom Group Ltd. (VOD) may lose control of its wireless unit in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a court ordered its shares be confiscated to settle a $21 million dispute with a consultant. The commercial court, based in the capital Kinshasa, on March 26 issued an order to attach Vodacom’s 510,000 shares in its 51-percent held Vodacom Congo SPRL unit in order to enforce its Jan. 25 judgment that Vodacom pay Moto Mabanga’s Namemco Energy (Pty) Ltd. a $21 million consultancy fee, according to court documents provided by Mabanga. “Vodacom’s appeal…

7. La coopération française dans le secteur forestier du Bassin du Congo sur la période 1990-2010 Note de cadrage

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   Bassin du Congo sur la période 1990-2010. Réalisée  par des consultants extérieurs, l’étude est programmée pour une durée d’un an. Publication date 2010 Document type Study/Research Language(s) French Website www.afd.fr Document Link Document Link Download AFD cooperation francaise Congo   (7.64 MB) Categories: Urbanisation , Climate Change , Water , Democratic Republic of Congo…

8. Congo-Kinshasa: National Highway 2 in the process of upgrade

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   30 July 2009 Construction work on National Highway 2 in the DRC is progressing well and should be completed by 15 February 2010 at the latest. This is the conclusion reached by the members of the co-ordination unit managing the five construction sites, who organized a visit to the area on Saturday 25 July. Among them is the Executive Councillor of State at the infrastructure college, Kimbembe Mazung. The work, financed by the ADB, the African Development Bank, the European Commission, and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was started during the summer of 2008 on a trunk road linking…

9. Congo-Kinshasa: China finances construction of Zongo 2 power station

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   2 February 2011 China has just granted 360 million dollars to Democratic Republic of the Congo to finance the construction of the Zongo 2 electricity power station. The loan agreement was signed Saturday January 29 in the presence of the Chinese ambassador in RDC, Wang Yingwu, and of the Congolese Energy Minister, Gilbert Tshiongo, reports Agence France Presse. It will be situated 130 km from the city of Kinshasa on the river Inkisi in the Lower Congo province. The construction works will take three years. With a capacity of 150 MW and an annual output of 860 GWh, the power station will enable…

10. Congo: Inauguration of Imboulou hydroelectric power plant

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    to rely for its energy on the Inga dam, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which until now has been supplying the capital with electricity. The Imboulou dam should also encourage the setting-up of factories and industries in the region which could benefit from this new energy supply, a process which should thus stimulate the economic development of both Brazzaville and of the Congo.   Categories:…