Overview
The vital role dams play in securing water resources and their direct impact on the development of key socio-economic sectors encouraged ADFD to financially contribute to the construction of the Sélingué Dam, one of the most important sources of power generation in Mali. Built on the Sankarani River, a tributary of the Niger River, and operational since 1982, the dam has the capacity to store about two billion cubic metres of water that can irrigate around 55,000 hectares of agricultural land. In addition to improving navigation on the Niger River, it provides electricity for several key areas in the country.
The project included the construction of a 2,600-metre -long embankment dam with a gravity section, as well as the installation of four large turbines, generating 11.9 megawatts of power each, and state-of-the-art irrigation pipes.
