The largest unbuilt hydro proposition on earth. Repeatedly reconfigured; offtake from South Africa remains the pivot.
Value
$14bn
Target
2032
Bankability
10
Central Africa · Capital Kinshasa
DR Congo
Grand Inga remains the largest unbuilt hydro proposition on earth; the Lobito Corridor is the live one.
AIDI rank 48 of 54105.6m people$67bn GDP11 tracked projects
AIDI composite
0
Continental average 37.13
Explain figure
Continental average 37.13
Electricity access
0%
2.8 GW installed
Explain figure
2.8 GW installed
Tracked pipeline
$0bn
97 registry projects
Explain figure
97 registry projects
Annual gap
$0bn
Estimated investment requirement
Explain figure
Estimated investment requirement
AIDI trajectory 2015—2025
Commitments vs disbursement, $bn
— committed--- disbursed
Infrastructure sub-indices
Project register · 11 tracked (loading)
| Project | Sector | Value | Status | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Grand Inga III The largest unbuilt hydro proposition on earth. Repeatedly reconfigured; offtake from South Africa remains the pivot. | Hydro | $14bn | Concept | 2032 |
Lobito Atlantic Railway The flagship Western counter-offer to Chinese resource-corridor finance. Copper and cobalt to the Atlantic. | Rail | $2.3bn | Construction | 2027 |
Kolwezi-Dilolo Rail Rehabilitation The Congolese leg is where the Lobito thesis is actually tested. | Rail | $1.6bn | Construction | 2028 |
Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex Power A mining company rebuilding national hydro assets to power itself is the DRC energy market in miniature. | Mine power | $1.2bn | Construction | 2026 |
Manono Lithium Ownership litigation has frozen one of the world's largest hard-rock lithium deposits. | Processing | $0.9bn | Stalled | 2029 |
Ruzizi III Hydropower Three-country offtake makes the credit stronger on paper and slower in practice. | Hydro | $0.7bn | Structuring | 2029 |
Umoja Fibre Route (Google) The first intercontinental route to run overland through the African interior rather than around it. | Terrestrial + subsea | $0.6bn | Construction | 2027 |
Kinshasa Bulk Water Programme A city of seventeen million with intermittent supply in most communes; utility reform precedes any capex. | Bulk supply | $0.6bn | Structuring | 2030 |
Open Access Data Centres Expansion Edge capacity in markets that global operators still treat as too small. | Data centres | $0.5bn | Construction | 2027 |
Kolwezi Battery Precursor Plant The beneficiation test case: whether battery value-add can be retained at source. | Processing | $0.4bn | Feasibility | 2029 |
Central African Backbone Extension The middle-mile problem in its purest form: cheap bandwidth at the coast, none inland. | Fibre | $0.3bn | Construction | 2027 |
The flagship Western counter-offer to Chinese resource-corridor finance. Copper and cobalt to the Atlantic.
Value
$2.3bn
Target
2027
Bankability
88
The Congolese leg is where the Lobito thesis is actually tested.
Value
$1.6bn
Target
2028
Bankability
84
A mining company rebuilding national hydro assets to power itself is the DRC energy market in miniature.
Value
$1.2bn
Target
2026
Bankability
69
Ownership litigation has frozen one of the world's largest hard-rock lithium deposits.
Value
$0.9bn
Target
2029
Bankability
2
Three-country offtake makes the credit stronger on paper and slower in practice.
Value
$0.7bn
Target
2029
Bankability
55
The first intercontinental route to run overland through the African interior rather than around it.
Value
$0.6bn
Target
2027
Bankability
76
A city of seventeen million with intermittent supply in most communes; utility reform precedes any capex.
Value
$0.6bn
Target
2030
Bankability
49
Edge capacity in markets that global operators still treat as too small.
Value
$0.5bn
Target
2027
Bankability
86
The beneficiation test case: whether battery value-add can be retained at source.
Value
$0.4bn
Target
2029
Bankability
35
The middle-mile problem in its purest form: cheap bandwidth at the coast, none inland.
Value
$0.3bn
Target
2027
Bankability
76
Tracked value by sector, $bn
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