This article, which is a follow-up on last week’s, titled, “Behold, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): Lessons for Nigeria,” takes the position that Nigeria needs more hydropower dams, and, indeed, two or three mega or multiple-thousand megawatt dams.
With the recent commissioning of the GERD in Ethiopia (September 2025) and the Julius Nyerere Dam (February 2024) in Tanzania, which until the commissioning of the GERD was the largest dam in Africa, Kainji Dam, the largest hydropower dam in Nigeria, is no longer among the 10 largest d
This article, which is a follow-up on last week’s, titled, “Behold, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): Lessons for Nigeria,” takes the position that Nigeria needs more hydropower dams, and, indeed, two or three mega or multiple-thousand megawatt dams.
With the recent commissioning of the GERD in Ethiopia (September 2025) and the Julius Nyerere Dam (February 2024) in Tanzania, which until the commissioning of the GERD was the largest dam in Africa, Kainji Dam, the largest hydropower dam in Nigeria, is no longer among the 10 largest d