EN-NEPAD-PIDA-PAP2-Project-Prospectus-Web-1-92_62-62
The project comprises the construction of a dam to regulate the Ubungi and Congo rivers flow downstream of Bangui, mainly during the low water period, and a hydroelectric plant to serve the CAR’s capital and the neighboring area.
The project objectives are to:
• Produce and ensure a regular and sufficient supply of electricity to Bangui and its immediate area as well as areas of Congo and DRC
• Improve the navigation in the Oubangi River, and consequently fluvial transportation between Bangui and Brazzaville and Kinshasa
• Promote the development of economic activities and services in Bangui and the DRC by the permanent supply of electricity to companies
• Contribute to the multimodal transport Corridor 13, part of the Central African Consensual Transport Master Plan
• Enable the Water Transfer project From the Oubangi to Lake Chad.