Africa’s $80BN Mega Dam

The Congo is one of the largest and strongest rivers on earth and offers vast opportunities for hydropower generation. Therefore, there has been the idea of building a massive $80BN mega dam: The Grand Inga Dam. In today's video, we will take a closer look at this huge mega-project and whether it can ever be built!
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0:00 Africa’s $80BN Mega Dam
0:20 The Democratic Republic of the Congo
1:36 The Congo River
2:57 The Inga Falls
5:53 The Grand Inga Dam
7:28 Can the DRC afford to build it?
#megaprojects #construction #africa
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[@MegaBuildsYT]

What do you think about the Grand Inga Dam? 🤔

[@daffanezar4299]

Not bad

[@Mr-ix5up]

Please be aware about your sound system of video .Sound is shitty bad low .use good mic which provide good quality sound

[@billynomates920]

sounds like it's gonna kill a lot of people one day

[@rajk.7759]

That's not possible. They will no longer be poor. There will be no longer death by hunger. So western world won't allow it. Note down my words on stamp paper.

[@Jamiew2020]

Cool

[@rebeccamyott7041]

The biggest problem with building this dam is corruption. Cutting corners and rushing the build is a recipe for disaster. That being said, I wish the DRC my best to their project. Good luck, God's speed.🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@JaKingScomez]

Or the fact it wouldn’t be the congo building it or funding it

[@thatothamae1394]

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely ..but China gotta build it tbh

[@pumelelabanca1442]

TBF every mega project in the world has those same issues.

[@Ettenyl56jioni]

In spite of the past and present corruption in all European countries and the corruption in the three countries of North America, just the same, industrial and technological progress has been made. Why imply that this is not also possible and even now a reality in any of the 54 nations of Africa? People continue to characterize much of Africa with corruption. Yet, in spite of that, they are making tremendous progress. Africa IS getting itself together! There obviously is so much you do not know. Stop believing all the propaganda! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aquZYXWLpcyeqJosi=Mgs3nqcSiLGYN0Lv; kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5eqgHmhq7mepJosi=sPD_zcce4CCdAYdh; kzbin.info/www/bejne/fn_GYaOedtllpbMsi=F1EKgdmgP5mDrk0h; kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX6apqmIib92b5Isi=vDsAnTao2IRTXC20; kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHVq5ZumrOSmrcsi=Y6qNJ_cvrNvrfDAe.

[@Ettenyl56jioni]

In spite of the past and present corruption in all European countries and the corruption in the three countries of North America, just the same, industrial and technological progress has been made. Why imply that this is not also possible and even now a reality in any of the 54 nations of Africa? People continue to characterize much of Africa with corruption. Yet, in spite of that, they are making tremendous progress. Africa IS getting itself together! There obviously is so much you do not know. Stop believing all the propaganda! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aquZYXWLpcyeqJosi=Mgs3nqcSiLGYN0Lv; kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5eqgHmhq7mepJosi=sPD_zcce4CCdAYdh; kzbin.info/www/bejne/fn_GYaOedtllpbMsi=F1EKgdmgP5mDrk0h; kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX6apqmIib92b5Isi=vDsAnTao2IRTXC20; kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHVq5ZumrOSmrcsi=Y6qNJ_cvrNvrfDAe.

[@josuaerick9670]

Ngl after looking at the title, i wasn't expecting it to be in DRC, i thought you were gonna talk about the ones in Ethiopia

[@krishna2555]

Same 😂

[@Goat-vy2bi]

Same

[@Mediterranean81]

same

[@abhinavchatterjee]

Same

[@5th_decile]

For me it was a cointoss between Renaissance and Inga

[@Tadewosyohanes]

Good luck our African brothers from 🇪🇹

[@alanbiancardi2531]

Not my brothers

[@lA-tv1qt]

Love from Pakistan DRC brothers. Africa's process is the world's progress.

[@cq6731]

Great video! But if you have been to DRC and worked there for a while, you would conclude that this will never ever happen.

[@johnkabanga9001]

You must be a witch from Rwanda because you're so jealous of what we have in Congo...when we end the war we'll how you will get food again.

[@tripsntricks2022]

Especially at a such a high cost, corruption will eat all the funds collected, if they are ever collected.

[@tfozo]

As Ethiopian I really want this to succeed, it's going to be a huge milestone and an unquantifiable benefit for the nation and the neighboring countries as well as the world

[@hanchisun6164]

Ethiopians pulled it off, so could Congo

[@johnmcmillan7358]

Born and raised in DR Congo, I cannot see this project happening, mostly due to corruption, and lack of suitable infrastructure to support the construction phases alone. I also feel DR Congo is one place where the ecosystem is kept in tact, thankfully due to lack of year-round roads that would provide better access to lumber and other land-clearing resources. We need more untouched forests to absorb our carbon pollution.

[@shadrackomwenga8491]

This has always been my thought as a neighbour, it is sad that its the poor state of roads that is protecting their rich dense forests.

[@AREWAtv.]

This project would actually boost the economics of not only congo but the entire africa.

[@user-ck3by4zg3e]

Did you forget the part of coruption😂

[@sack9764]

@k3by4zg3e Yeah it would in all likelihood make a few people really really rich, never be completed, result in almost no power generation and destroy large portions of the local environment. Anyone thinking of "investing" in this would be better off just giving the political leaders there a bunch of money and walking away.

[@user-ck3by4zg3e]

@@sack9764 Yes thats why it is not happening. I also have a plan world biggest scycraper, now i just need to find a fool to give me money lol

[@afrikanewscongo]

Lol name 1 anti corrupted country, it's about the will to, if they wanted to help, we would have built the dam a long time ago, when the Belgium state was building the first dams there was no such thing as environmental issues... It's all about slowing down Africa's prosperity

[@dawg929]

@@afrikanewscongo Exactly, environment is a code word for blocking development projects in Africa

[@horrigan495]

A food for thought, if they havent maintainted properly those 2 small powerplants and dams, how exactly are they going to maintain the big one?

[@gjsoriano1]

Same thoughts. They plan to built Inga III and the Grand Inga when they could rehabilitate the two old dams. Moreover, they could build multi downstream dams if they plan carefully the Inga III.

[@juhaszsc]

Exactly. It will also trash the native fish populations there

[@MrGoMario]

Don't ask.... This is sub Saharan Africa for you 😂

[@IBENGM]

The two small dams are old and not economically viable/sustainable to keep maintaining them...the better option is to build a new bigger & modern one which will have more than enough power for their demand and they can even sell the excess to their neighbours.

[@1GStain]

​@@juhaszscF#ck native fish populations..

[@classic.cameras]

I support this dam. Imagine a Africa in the 21st century! Economic powerhouse as power lifts so many out of poverty.

[@robotnikkkk001]

=I DO NOT,THO..........BC *_WHOLE RIVER MUST VE CROSSED WITH A DAM_* BC IT'S AFRICA...THEY NEED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BC OF *U CAN NOT EVEN IMAGINE HOW LITTLE DO THEY HAVE* ,AND _SCREW THE CONSEQUENCES_ .......EVEN AT _THAT_ CASE....IT'S NOT GUARANTED THAT THERE'LL BE A SURPLUS, AS VOLTA DAM HAS SHOWN

[@starlight2636]

🤣

[@stand1ngbidness]

@@duck3265 how is it delusional

[@Rockstarmade224]

lol they always comment negative things whenever positivity is shown from africa@@stand1ngbidness

[@pbaker7160]

21st Century Africa will have the same problems as 2nd Century Africa. Greed, corruption, death, genocide, etc. No matter how technically advanced they become, old habits and traditions are very hard to overcome.

[@user-yp9fb1jb6m]

With that many governments involved, the corruption would set a world record. Africa being what it is, after the looting, there may not be enough allowed for maintenance.

[@seyamrahman6722]

DRC is resource rich, we're talking hundreds of billions worth of natural resources. Ofcourse they own none of it

[@anuragtumane5227]

The Grand Inga Dam will surely power a lot of countries in Africa.

[@idriveastationwagon1534]

technically, the 700 ft depth of the river is really near where it empties into the ocean. An underwater canyon starts right before the the mouth of the congo at the atlantic ocean, then it continues past the mouth towards the edge of the continental shelf.

[@jebise1126]

i was thinking it has some deep lake... but yes its clear its not average depth or something.

[@glebkrawez5046]

​@@jebise1126 Welcome to the world of cool numbers! They are absolutely useless but hey, they are also cool!

[@MrGoMario]

​@@glebkrawez5046#SoTrue

[@starsnoireart]

The way a project like this could transform the entire continent is just too valuable to ignore. Many countries in Africa don’t have access to electricity and in almost every country that does have it, access is inconsistent. I’m not holding my breath, but I really hope it gets built someday. African nations should be free to develop like any other country.

[@surgeon9039]

I remember a Soviet project of Tidal Power Station. It was planned to be built in Eastern Russia in Magadan region at Penzhinskaya Bay. Estimate cost is 60bn$ at the time (or maybe today) and power generation about 100 GW. 5 times more than Three Gorges Dam

[@Shark-pj8in]

If all went to plan, this would be great.

[@zakuraiyadesu]

Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!

[@wbbartlett]

"You've probably heard of this country" If you haven't then you've either 1) been living in a box all your life or 2) you are american

[@mysleeptologu883]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Thanan548]

*american liberal

[@lawkid5098]

DRC: Can we even afford to build it China: Hold my beer

[@steveokken8113]

I was born in the Eastern province of Kivu, in the Belgian Congo. This power would be life changing to 200 million Congolese in both of the Congos.

[@YuganNimsara]

Wow . Thank you for bringing us impressive contents. keep it up.

[@megacities]

Very cool vid! Keep up the great work!

[@varendrajyesta4635]

Hello my name is varen, Im sixth grade and by this video i realize the actual potential of the congo river but it also has its risks.

[@robotnikkkk001]

=NOPE,POTENTIAL IS EVEN HIGHER *_IF CROSS ALL THE RIVER WITH A DAM_* =ALSO,EVEN THIS WILL NOT B ENOUGH BC POWER WILL GET EQUALLY REDISTRIBUTED ACROSS ALL REGION

[@Vayee]

The risk is about all the Animals who live depending on the river but honestly they could move and adapt if they built it to fill up the Bundi Valley. And honestly the risk is much smaller than the upside from building it (if we exclude the risk of the DRC government being corrupt obviously)

[@user-sp3wd2nn3e]

@@Vayee the "bundi valley" is already occupied with other animals. Telling wildlife to move elsewhere is absurd, what happens is that the ecosystem collapses and dies.

[@secondpulse5728]

Great vid as always 🤩

[@azubuikebonaventure3506]

Your content is very educative, keep it up, you just won a subscriber, thumb up for your channel, not only the interfaces but your contents are something else, am in love with your channel.

[@cliveocnacuwenga4615]

Build the dam in stages while moving the people and the wildlife

[@user-ej5wz5tr6h]

If it weren't for this dam, half of Africa would still be under Western colonization. Unless you're willing to provide free electricity to half of Africa for free

[@philipmurphy2]

Really cool video, Keep it up

[@imymashi]

Fascinating insight into Africa’s Mega Dam! The engineering marvel showcased in this video is awe-inspiring. Great work in bringing attention to such impactful projects!

[@Plus._channel999]

Wow

[@jeetendralulla9417]

Great work nice info great work

[@MrNeversweat]

Foreigners never report actual facts when it comes to the Congo CD, yours was accurate even though you sounded optimistic about the project. Good to have mentioned some eventual setbacks too. We hope the project sees the day, the Congo could move forward, tourists could visit as we visit other countries too

[@dawg929]

All African nations should help with this project. It will power Africa❤❤❤

[@avrinrose5457]

In my fictional world, all this project already finished and successful

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

And the DRC _actually_ democratic?

[@coucoubrandy1079]

😅🤣🤣

[@avrinrose5457]

@@coucoubrandy1079 shut up

[@GamerKristoff]

Nice video! I really love this type of content

[@JustinGriffin21]

So cool to see the Sigma Pi Plaque behind you. I am a part of the fraternity as well in New England Region

[@tokiri485]

"It would generate more than twice as much power as the Three Gorges Dam" shows a graph with the Three Gorges at 22 and the Grand Inga Dam at 40. I'm no mathematician, but those number don't seem to add up unless they meant something like "twice what the Three Gorges Dam currently produces"

[@robotnikkkk001]

..........STILL..........FOR *AFRICA* IS TOO LITTLE........IF BUILD,THEN BUILD A *NORMAL* DAM CROSSING RIVER *_WHOLE_* WITH *ALL* CORRESPONDING CONSEQUENCES, OF COURSE....ONLY AT *_THAT_* CASE,THERE IS A POINT =BUT......I'M AFRAID.....TO ENSURE IT'LL BE BUILT,IT'S NEEDED RE COLONIZE,OR ELSE *CORRUPTION*

[@Tmb1112]

Uhhh what? Lol do the math. 22x2=38. 40 is > 38, so it’s “more than twice as much as 22.

[@Zreknarf]

​@Tmb1112 22x2 is 44 brother

[@tokiri485]

@@Tmb1112 I have to assume this is a troll comment, because no way can someone be this stupid.

[@freedomfighter22222]

@@Zreknarf When someone says something that dumb it is usually a joke.

[@jain070809]

Congo has many plans, but they are rarely realized.

[@fredericklockard3854]

I’m sure all these African countries will cooperate and work together.

[@masterq2.033]

And you would be wrong.

[@meyekasa5478]

Go 🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩 From 🇪🇹

[@maxschon7709]

First step would be to modernize the two old dams.

[@ezekielolatunji8124]

I look forward to completion of this project and also participating in it's achievement as it would mean a major breakthrough for Africans.

[@topweddingsa4059]

Bravo

[@AndreasVNesje]

This is the kind of events I would support a charity collection for. Not feed the hungry, but electrify their countries.

[@berndhofmann752]

Not only heart of it. I had been there! And my wife is a beautiful afrocan woman.

[@lokesh303101]

Yes! Approved.

[@HamuCivils]

That's massive 👏

[@alexmipego]

I don't quite understand why they plan to build a super expensive project, when they could use water turbines, and wind turbines all along the river. Sure, you would need a lot of them, but you can also spend 100s millions less.

[@justastaronblox5823]

Wind Turbines are dependent on environment, for starters, they dont have much access the ocean, and the congo river is situated in a rainforest and a valley, both of which are not very windy, and the rainforest is very thick and hard to clear.

[@DariaCorven]

So why not turbines and solar ?

[@bendenisereedy7865]

Mist of the Congo meanders slowly across the African highveld, it doesn't lose any height until it has passed Kinshasa and is dropping towards the Atlantic. This height issue makes most African rivers useless for deep sea trade

[@harleyfong5784]

This will be a very good investment for the three large countries, DRC, Nigeria and South Africa.

[@Wulfstan1938]

I'd love to see an African nation build something massive like such

[@berndhofmann752]

Siemens will do it!! They built Itaipu between Paraguay and Brazil and the Kariba dam in Mozambique.

[@DavidMwila-md1hr]

Excellent. These are the projects we need to see in Africa especially in countries were corruption is practised at highest level by the highest leaders. I compare this to Gaddafi 's water projects in Libya. African Leaders, make Africa a better place

[@georgewelch9978]

It needs to be done whatever the cost. Africa is a basket-case in most every aspect and something like this has the potential to help change that.

[@simonkata5272]

There is time for everything! Yesterday will never be tomorrow, Africa is shifting it's west power reliance to Eastern and the kind of leadership we had before is not the one we are going to have in the future all good things are possible

[@Prashant_Pandey4]

it will take great leap in the transition of energy

[@user-kn2xu8ts2l]

Lets build it!!!! 😊

[@vikingcultivator2495]

The greed of humanity has no bounds! (As such, I fear this project will end up costing closer to 200 B!)

[@xrfa7422]

Wanting to have electricity is greedy? I think it's a necessity. Is that you, Ted Kaczinsky?

[@DanM-pw9nl]

I fear the costs of looming environmental and cultural disasters

[@spankymcflych]

If they can't maintain the two smaller dams in place what makes anyone think they could maintain a megadam in the same location? Corruption and incompetence has doomed this project before it begins.

[@blablup1214]

Would be crazy if such a dam breaks....

[@freedomfighter22222]

Why would the DRC's ability to maintain it matter if it was built and maintained by someone else? The video made a rather big point of they can't build it alone, so they of course wouldn't be maintaining it alone either...

[@Deadassbruhfrfr]

​@freedomfighter22222 because then they would complain about being colonized by outside powers

[@hotman_pt_]

ironically, the biggest dam in austral africa nowadays was built by: the portuguese@@Deadassbruhfrfr

[@teeldd]

@@Deadassbruhfrfr Lol, you're a fool

[@rrb634]

2:08I love that part of stacking 2 buildings to compare them to the driver depth ❤ that river is 220m deep! Deeper than the Arabian Gulf 😮

[@livingthelava]

Excellent information

[@tunacuan]

I want to go there to see it in person. Hopefully we find the best solution at Mega Dam.

[@onuohaudochukwu6180]

Hopefully, it comes to fruition and they are also able to protect the interests of the locals and the environment

[@lunyutaochola6880]

DRC should use thier vast mineral potential as leverage for foreign firms to build the Dam,its more sustainable

[@biosecurePM]

Well this dam is one of the main reasons why by 2060 the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola is still going strong.

[@risi4200]

Do you like yoga😊

[@biosecurePM]

@@risi4200 No, even if I was a physical human and not an optical processing supercomputer I would not like yoga.

[@risi4200]

@@biosecurePM no😭😭😭😭😭 Even as a supercomputer you can try yoga

[@kevinsaviro2708]

Still? When has Congo ever been strong? That country always has been a violent poverty ridden corrupt mess.

[@kudanyats4195]

The plans for the great Inga have been there since I was in university which was in 2008

[@jameslentsoane9037]

I think they should look at other "green" sources of generating electricity and leave the wild the way it was intended.

[@reel1tv587]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[@mhlengintswane9052]

Tbh... I expected this to happen💯

[@SusanMike-tc8ez]

Wow... What a great dam ❤

[@jimrobinson6362]

Looks like good value to me compared to HS2 even it does triple cost. Millions of people able to start enjoying the benefits of power

[@James-kv6kb]

Have they suddenly come up with a cure for corruption on the continent ?

[@gusmartins3298]

It’s the richest country on earth based on its own natural resources.

[@angelkamene]

100%❤

[@seanmusona9408]

I’m going to build this dam , I don’t know how and when. But I’m going to make it happen

[@StevenMwamba-e7q]

sometimes trying is far much better than dying with ideas

[@user-uf1cp3vo1g]

Sounds like a good idea. When you're not able to maintain 2 small dams on side streams, just built a super large one in the middle of a giant and important river instead

[@danison]

Damn

[@auwalmusa3103]

hopefully we find our big solutions here

[@seckinbilgic]

Funny plan :)

[@emmanuelk.tambwe2628]

They must forget about this, our country has suffered enough from outside hands....we are where we are today bcz of outside influence.

[@masterq2.033]

I see the Congolese as their own biggest enemies.

[@lemonde6608]

Great Inga is the project of both Congo 🇨🇬🇨🇩, that now it’s UA project. Till today it’s still a project.

[@user-yb1jn6gx5i]

2,335M woah‼️😮 😨

[@parthamondal877]

Make a video on Irish sea bridge

[@Kenjardo]

If the project engineers and environmentalists can work on diverting less than 10 percent of the main flow for this new project and not causing major disruptions to wildlife then I’ll support it. I don’t particularly like the first wall of diversion to flood the Burundi Valley. Use diversion techniques similar to the Inga 1 & 2. Or renovate them. All in all your graphics and audio and information made it a great presentation 🎉.

[@hockheekwek8431]

It can ask the G7 to help out as the B3W funds for competing with BRI are not being utilised yet.

[@MrJohhnycongo]

Please keep the Congo River between Kinshasa and Kisangani (central Africa hub port with 4 harbours) open for navigation and the vast potential for river commerce!

[@Nerinav1985]

PRC has plans to build a 60000 MW hydro power dam in Upper Brahmaputra river.

[@michaelwisniewski6047]

Not in my lifetime. The cost is too high for the demand and ability to pay. And you can't really build a quarter-dam in the circumstances as shown for, say, a fifth of the cost. It's either massive or not at all and the massive option is just not viable.

[@janstander7830]

The president you keep showing is Cyril Ramaphosa the South African president.

[@MrNeversweat]

Ramaphosa is being shown because south Africa is deeply involved in the project and has mobilised $6B , they want a separate dam built along just for SA' consumption.

[@janstander7830]

@@MrNeversweatI didn’t know that, thank you👍

[@isoboy1000]

@@MrNeversweat We don't need it, we have enough coal and gas to power us for more than 100 years, he just want to steal money.

[@_chosenone]

The transmission infrastructure needed will also be a challege..

[@larsstougaard7097]

Dam good looking

[@kennedymulinda1025]

The great Inga dam can provide electricity to many populations in Africa, though it will cause great damage to the ecological system, therefore, a better way to balance these aspects of life should be found

[@JustLiam_12]

We should build the dam, but find a way to safe the wildlife.

[@MikeCrawch]

The Grand Inca Dam is an extremely bad idea. If the Inga River is that deep than it’s definitely a deadly stupid idea to try and block the main river.

[@niranjaninaicker1801]

Omnamasivaya

[@blablup1214]

I see a lot of issues, especially with country wide sharing of energy. And it is such a tiny amount of energy. It max sounds like much, but of they would make this electricity available for every citizen I can already see how their use is jumping. And if you then include that they want to share this energy with severals countries with a population of over 400 million people there is bound to be conflict. I mean it would be nice if this would go well and they lead by example, but there are just soooo many hurdles to take.

[@EdwinaTS]

This dam can become a cause which ignites co-operation across the continent, but it depends on a lot of things done right.

[@guatf1]

Considering all the impact a dam like that has to its environment, can you really call it "green energy"?

[@CNyabera]

Congo motherland Both blessed and cursed with riches

[@janerama-nq6rw]

Nigeria need it more, we can actually afford this, we’re pretty rich over here, and the citizens are ready to pay the electricity bills, the problem is that we don’t have enough electricity to go round

[@TheLynx8888]

Yeah, right. The problem is transmission lines. Who'll build them?

[@philipcurnow7990]

Top luxury 😢