As Ethiopia launches Africa's biggest dam, citizens are hopeful despite concerns by Egypt and Sudan
- Posted on September 8, 2025
- By Yahoo News
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As Ethiopia launches Africa's biggest dam, citizens are hopeful despite concerns by Egypt and Sudan
Fanuse Adete is among those Ethiopians looking forward to finally getting connected to the national electricity grid when the Grand Renaissance Dam, which will be inaugurated Tuesday, becomes fully operational. The 38-year-old widowed mother of seven, who lives in the Menabichu district just 10 kilometers (6 miles) outside the capital, Addis Ababa, currently survives on kerosene lamps and candles to light up her mud-walled hut at night. Ethiopia will inaugurate the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam along the Blue Nile on Tuesday.