The U.S. Trade and Development Agency is strengthening power infrastructure along the Lobito Corridor, a strategic logistics route in Central and Southern Africa vital to diversifying America’s critical minerals supply chains. Today, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Week, USTDA signed an agreement with Anzana Electric Group Limited (Anzana) to fund a feasibility study to expand hydropower generation and upgrade electricity distribution networks across the Lualaba Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the North-Western province of Zambia. The project will improve power reliability for copper and cobalt mining operations and for more than three million residents of the region.
“Reliable power allows mines to operate, businesses to profit, and families to thrive,” said Thomas R. Hardy, USTDA’s Deputy Director. “This work strengthens the mineral supply chains America’s security and economy depend on, while building the power systems our partners in the DRC and Zambia need to grow.”
