Africa must stop relying on external funding for hydropower, says the Ethiopian minister African countries must "utilize their local resources if the continent is to succeed in exploiting its enormous renewable energy potential," said Dinko Siyum, the country's minister of water and energy, at the 36th African Hydropower Symposium in Addis Ababa. True energy independence begins at home, the minister emphasized, mentioning the Ethiopian experience in building a massive renewable energy infrastructure. Besides funding, other key priorities include: shared power pools across the continent; cross-border trade in electricity; Unified transport logistics. By exporting surplus clean energy, Ethiopia aims to catalyze regional economic change and a more peaceful, connected and prosperous Africa, he noted. Environmental protection and energy expansion require watershed management and ecosystem protection, Dinko warned, warning that failure to protect ecosystems threatens the long-term viability of Africa's water-dependent energy production. Subscribe to Sputnik Africa | X.

Africa must stop relying on external funding for hydropower, says the Ethiopian minister African countries must "utilize their local resources if the continent is to succeed in exploiting its enormous renewable energy potential," said Dinko Siyum, the country's minister of water and energy, at the 36th African Hydropower Symposium in Addis Ababa. True energy independence begins at home, the minister emphasized, mentioning the Ethiopian experience in building a massive renewable energy infrastructure. Besides funding, other key priorities include: shared power pools across the continent; cross-border trade in electricity; Unified transport logistics. By exporting surplus clean energy, Ethiopia aims to catalyze regional economic change and a more peaceful, connected and prosperous Africa, he noted. Environmental protection and energy expansion require watershed management and ecosystem protection, Dinko warned, warning that failure to protect ecosystems threatens the long-term viability of Africa's water-dependent energy production. Subscribe to Sputnik Africa | X.