The dam is a giant, menacing barrier that could be used to hold back the source of nearly all the country’s water. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has stoked intense nationalistic fervor in ...

Recently, it has been in the news due to the mega construction that Ethiopia has undertaken to take advantage of its resources: the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

constructing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Upon completion, GERD will become the largest hydropower plant in Africa, providing much needed electricity for the country’s growing ...

However, the recent visit of NBI member states' water ministers to Ethiopia's Abbay Dam has strengthened their commitment to deeper collaboration, offering hope for a stronger institutional ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as it began producing electricity from its mega ...

A new £4 billion mega-dam is now the largest in Africa and is set to transform the country. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to ...

[AFP] Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resumed their years-long ... said Egypt wants a legally binding agreement on how the giant dam is operated and filled. Sewilam said there are many "technical ...

Fibiger, Mattias, Jeremy Friedman, Leah Azeze, and Temi Ojuade. "The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Conflict on the Nile." Harvard Business School Case 724-004, July 2023. (Revised February 2025.) ...

Wheeler, K.G., M. Basheer, Z.T. Mekonnen, S.O. Eltoum, A. Mersha, G.M. Abdo, E.A. Zagona, J.W. Hall and S.J. Dadson (2016). “Cooperative Filling Approaches for the ...

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“Ethiopia is going to be the renewable energy hub of the region.” The ambitious 25 year plan, which includes building a giant dam on the Blue Nile, is being backed by the African Bank of Development ...