DBSA commits US$4.9m financing to 143 MW Bumbuna II hydropower in Sierra Leone

As Joule Africa enters the final stages in developing the Bumbuna II 143 MW hydropower project in Sierra Leone, the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), has committed US$4.9 million to finance remaining project development activities.

Bumbuna II will be located on the Upper Seli River in North East Sierra Leone. The project involves building an extension to the existing 50 MW Bumbuna I facility. Bumbuna II will also feed into the Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea extension to the West African Power Pool transmission line.