Africa-Press – Malawi. The African Development Bank (ADB) has offered fresh assurances that it is seriously considering supporting Malawi and Tanzania to roll out the US$1 billion Songwe River Basin Programme.
The project will support the construction of a multipurpose dam and an 80-megawatt Hydropower Plant to be used by the two countries. AFDB President Dr. Aknwuni Adesina made the assurance on the sidelines of COP 28 in Dubai when he held a joint high-level meeting with Malawi’s Minister of Water and Sanitation, Abida Mia, Tanzania’s Minister of Water, Juma Aweso and Minister of Livestock and Fish Abdalla Ulega.
Mia said that once completed the project will allow Malawi to dedicate an additional 3,050 hectares of land towards the mega-farms. The two countries will also create job opportunities for over 15,000 people through the program.
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