World Bank to Support Construction of Congo’s Inga 3 Hydro Plant

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The World Bank will support the Democratic Republic of Congo’s plans to build the Inga 3 hydroelectric dam to narrow the power shortage in Africa’s largest copper producer.

“It’s good for growth and good for climate change,” Mahktar Diop, World Bank vice president for Africa, told reporters in Kinshasa yesterday. “I think it’s a project that will transform Congo.”