Cameroon-Congo Joint Project : Construction of Chollet HEP Dam Imminent

The Chollet hydroelectricity dam project over River Dja bordering Cameroon and Congo has had a great leap forward with the adoption of several terms of references. During a ministers’ meeting on August 1, which succeeded an experts’ meeting of the inter-state follow-up committee of the Chollet hydroelectricity development project and associated electricity transmission lines, five important texts were adopted. The terms of references include: preliminary design outline, detailed project proposal, tender documents, tender pre-qualification conditions as well as environmental and social impact assessment.
Following the adoption of the terms of references by Cameroon’s Minister of Water Resources and Energy, Gaston Eloundou Essomba and Congo’s Minister of Energy and Hydraulic, Serge Blaise Zoniaba, an international call for tender will be launched. The latest date for manifestation of interest has been fixed for September 30, 2019.
Once a construction company will be retained and contracted, works are expected to begin. Both Yaounde and Brazzaville have committed to accelerate the mobilization process of funds in their respective spheres in order to ensure the continuity of activities of the project. 
Cameroonian-born Richard Balla, Director of the Chollet Project told reporters that 600-megawatt...