{"id":26329,"date":"2025-09-14T20:21:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/?p=26329"},"modified":"2025-09-17T23:22:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:22:24","slug":"canada-and-cameroon-explore-cooperation-on-billion-dollar-minkouma-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/14\/canada-and-cameroon-explore-cooperation-on-billion-dollar-minkouma-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada and Cameroon Explore Cooperation on Billion-Dollar Minkouma Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 12 September 2025, a Canadian delegation led by the Embassy of Canada in Yaounde and Invest Quebec held a meeting with Minkouma Energy Company with a view toward potential cooperation on the Minkouma Hydroelectric Power Plant (<a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/hpp\/\">#HPP<\/a>). The Canadian side expressed interest in various aspects of the projects, including financing, construction, project management and environmental and socio-economic impact assessment (<a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/esia\/\">#ESIA<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minkouma dan is situated on the Sanaga River, some 100 kilometers north-east of Yaounde. Based on a hydropotential survey carried on the Sanaga River, it is believed that it can accommodate up to a dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/hpp\/\">#HPP<\/a>, making it the prime power source of Cameroun. Cameroon already has the Edea, Song-Loulou and Nachtigal dams in operation and is currently completing the 500-MW Kikot dam.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0f3f4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0f3f4;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CM-01-600x500-1-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-26331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CM-01-600x500-1-jpg.webp 600w, https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CM-01-600x500-1-300x250.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hydropotential Along Sanaga River<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Based on preliminary studies, the Minkouma Dam has a capacity up to 300 MW and its cost is estimated at FCFA 584 billion (\u20ac890M). The latest update on the project is that studies and financing modalities are targeted for completion by the end of 2026, with the kick-off of construction scheduled shortly afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Development Plan (<a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/ndp\/\">#NDP<\/a>) of Cameroon targets to increase the installed capacity to 5 GW by 2030, by favoring the green <a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/energytransition\/\">#EnergyTransition<\/a>. Earlier in May 2025, the Minkouma Energy Company floated an international expression of interest (EOI) for the said project under a Public-Private Partnership (<a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/ppp\/\">#PPP<\/a>) framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 12 September 2025, a Canadian delegation led by the Embassy of Canada in Yaounde and Invest Quebec held a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[80,989,658,67,241],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.12 - 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