Multimillion dollar investment in massive dam project could be a ‘long game’ to assert political influence over African nation
The US$146 million Mpakeni Dam, a project awarded to PowerChina’s subsidiary Sinohydro in 2023, is said to be the first engineering contracting project in eSwatini signed by a mainland Chinese enterprise.
Once complete, the dam will hold 120 million cubic metres of water and be able to irrigate up to 5,000 hectares (12,355 acres) of land.
It is also a component of the much larger Mkhondvo-Ngwavuma Water Augmentation Project, which has a total expected cost of US$2.8 billion and is funded by the African Development Bank.
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