Northern Cameroon Faces Longer Wait for Strategic Bini à Warak Power Project

Construction of the Bini à Warak hydro-solar power project, planned for more than a decade in Cameroon's Adamawa Region, is now expected to begin in 2029. According to Annex 4 of the 2027-2029 Priority Investment Program, attached to the government's Medium-Term Economic and Budgetary Programming Document, the project will be developed as a public-private partnership (PPP) at an estimated cost of CFA393 billion, with completion scheduled for 2033. The revised timeline confirms that the project has moved forward administratively but pushes back the operational launch of infrastructure considered critical to strengthening electricity supply in northern Cameroon. The government lists Bini à Warak among the energy projects expected to expand installed generation capacity, alongside Kikot, Minkouma, Chollet, Mbakaou, and Pont Rail. The planning document assigns the project a capacity of 90 MW, while developer Savannah Energy describes it as a hybrid hydro-solar complex capable of generating up to 95 MW. The updated schedule comes shortly after a key milestone in land acquisition. Between June 26 and June 29, 2026, residents of 19 villages in Ngan-Ha received a total of CFA985 million in compensation for property affected by the project. The payments covered 736 people impacted by land needed ...
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