@addisstandardeng · Post #21244 · 30.01.2026 г., 05:36
#Ethiopia | ‘The 21st Century #Adwa’: Barbados’ PM Mia Mottley on GERD and African Agency In a one-on-one interview with a comedian and TV host Trevor Noah last week, Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley offered a passionate endorsement of Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), describing the project as “revolutionary” and placing it within Africa’s enduring energy crisis. Noting that Ethiopia’s population exceeds 100 million while just over half have access to electricity, Mottley framed GERD as a strategic response to a continent-wide development constraint. She argued that what elevates GERD beyond infrastructure is how it was built. After international lenders declined to finance the project, Ethiopia turned inward, mobilizing domestic banks and ordinary citizens through bonds and public contributions to construct Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. PM Mottley said she told Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed that GERD represents “the 21st century Adwa”, Watch