The project has been entrusted to the Electricity Development Corporation (EDC), which successfully completed the 6 billion cubic meter water retention and the 30 megawatt power plant at Lom-Pangar, in the East. The initial idea was to build a single power plant with an installed capacity of 250 to 300 MW at the foot of the Mbakaou dam-reservoir.Potential funders for these projects are the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, which have already expressed interest in mobilizing the necessary financial resources, the amount of which remains secret. Sources close to the file indicate that everything is being done to ensure that these two projects effectively start during the course of this year, 2025.The start of these two construction sites, scheduled for this year, coincides with the announced relaunch of the Bini à Warak hydroelectric development project, which was reassigned to British company Savannah Energy in 2023.This project, associated with a 225 kV high-voltage power transmission line, has been stalled for six years due to a lack of funding after the withdrawal of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). This led to the involvement of the World Bank and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). The Cameroonian government has committed to releasing 20 billion CFA francs in favor of Savannah Energy, to whom the project was assigned in 2023 after Synohydro's withdrawal, in order to resume work this year.

The Cameroonian government has committed to implementing a project to harness the country's hydroelectric potential, estimated at 20,000 MW. The medium-term goal is to increase the share of hydroelectricity in the country's energy mix from 1,000 MW currently to 5,000 MW by 2030.The announced projects on the Djerem River also aim to accelerate the interconnection of the North and South networks, as well as with Chad, under the Cameroon-Chad Electricity Network Interconnection Project (Pirect). In the long term, the project also plans to connect the Central African Republic

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