Memvé’élé hydroelectric dam in the South region of Cameroon is already 60%

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Memvé’élé hydroelectric dam in the South region of Cameroon is already 60%

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- Thursday, 19 March 2015 07:03

(Business in Cameroon) - The Chinese company Sinohydro, which is building the Memvé’élé hydroelectric dam in Nyabizan, located in the South region of Cameroon, completed the second diversion of the Ntem River on this energy facility’s site. This was announced by Cameroon’s Energy Ministry, Basile Atangana Kouna, in a release.

According to the government official, who has determined the project to be 60% complete, the diversion represents the end of the first stage of the edifice’s construction by paving the way “to the remainder and end of the construction of the main dyke.”

Regarding the status of the project, Minister Atangana Kouna indicates that the project’s various stakeholders have affirmed their commitment to completing “this important work in 2017”.

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