₦airaland Forum

Sammy4Joy:
This is really awesome!

So, Africa actually has these types of projects?

Yes indeed. Below is a sampling of 10 projects currently under construction or in view.

NOTE: These are solely power projects. It does not include many others like Nigeria's ongoing East-west Railway, which is valued at USD 14bn.

AFRICAN MEGA POWER PROJECTS
1. EGYPT 10GW Wind Farm Project
Value: USD10bn

2. NIGERIA Kebbi Solar Power Plant
Value: USD 6bn

3. NIGERIA 3GW Mambilla Power Plant
Value: USD 5.8bn

4. MOZAMBIQUE Construct Mega Dam
Value: USD 4.5bn

5. NIGERIA 1.65GW Makurdi Hydropower Plant
Value: 3.5bn

6. NIGERIA 1.9GW Egbin Phase II Project
Value: USD 2bn

7. NIGERIA 700MW Zungeru Hydropower Plant
Value: USD 1.5bn

8. NIGERIA Aggregated 961 MW Solar Power Plants in Various States
Value: USD 1.5bn

9. TANZANIA Mchuchuma Power Plant
Value: USD 1.3bn

10. MOROCCO Hydro Power Project
Value: USD 618m

NaijaphiliaBlog:
This photo shows a ferry preparing to cross the river from Asaba to Onitsha in 1959.

This was before the construction of the 1st and the 2nd Niger Bridges.

SOURCE
https://naijaphilia.com/blog/2023/10/10/naija-throwback-the-asaba-onitsha-crossing-1959-now/

Impressive.

NaijaphiliaBlog:
BELOW ARE THE 9 SECTIONS OF THE TRANS-AFRICAN HIGHWAY (TAH)

TAH 1: Cairo-Dakar Highway
TAH 2: Algiers–Lagos Highway
TAH 3: Tripoli–Cape Town Highway
TAH 4: Cairo-Cape Town Highway
TAH 5: Dakar-Ndjamena Highway
TAH 6: Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway
TAH 7: Dakar-Lagos Highway
TAH 8: Lagos-Mombasa Highway
TAH 9: Beira-Lobito Highway

Interesting!

These highways will drastically improve intra-African travel and trade.

Swiftgrp:
Impressive.

Quite impressive!

This thread has pulled a surprise - tribalists have not managed to derail it.

... Maybe that is why it didn't hit the front page?

StrongestGuy:
Quite informative - I didn't know there were so many bridges across the River Niger.

Same here. I thought it was only the 1st and 2nd Niger bridges. We learn everyday.