Expectations of DR Congo's Inga 3 dam project

After years of all kinds of delays, the Democratic Republic of Congo announced last Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with Chinese and Spanish partners to develop the $14 billion Inga 3 hydroelectric project.

Many people in the DRC are already accustomed to darkness, and in the evening it is not uncommon to see children studying with a storm lamp or candle, a paradox for a country that can light up more than half of Africa.