To help strengthen the national electricity company, Société nationale d’électricité (SNEL), the World Bank Group supported the implementation of a performance contract between the government and SNEL, the establishment of a new executive board, the recruitment of technical experts, the implementation of a service contract with Manitoba Hydro International, and the creation of a recovery plan for SNEL. As a result, the company’s revenues have increased 30% per kWh.
A World Bank Group program is providing $1.1 billion to rehabilitate Inga 1 and 2, as well as strengthen the transportation network between Inga, Kinshasa, and the Katanga for electricity exports to the Southern African Power Pool (SAAP). It will also help reinforce the distribution network in Kinshasa, and improve the performance and governance of SNEL.
World Bank Group financing helped rehabilitate the first unit (G2), at Inga 1 which is currently functioning and brings an additional 55 MW. It also helped to install a compensator at Kimwenza (approximately 30 MW) to the network, to rehabilitate the transmission line Inga-Kolwezi-Kassumbalessa, and to install a fiber optic network in addition to four turbines of the 114 included in Inga 1 and Inga 2.