GERD—Powering a Nation, Inspiring a Continent

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was never just an energy project. It became a national movement one of sacrifice, unity, and defiance. No international loans or other forms of financial supports were involved. Farmers, teachers, laborers, merchants, students, and diaspora communities all gave what they could. Bonds were bought, songs were sung, and hope became a national currency.

Over 600 million people in Africa still live without power. GERD challenges that reality by providing clean, renewable energy not only to Ethiopia, but also to neighboring countries such as Sudan, Djibouti, and Kenya. It turns a river once seen as a source of tension into a current of cooperation and shared growth. This is energy diplomacy in motion an interconnected Africa driven by shared prosperity, not foreign dependence.

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