Overview
Located in the north-eastern part of Mali, the Taoussa Dam is one of the key development projects in the Niger River basin. Aiming to elevate living standards through generating electricity for the surrounding population, the project included the construction of a 25-megawatt hydroelectric power plant.
The dam contributes to the preservation of water resources, and facilitates navigation from Timbuktu to Taoussa through restoring the ecosystem, degraded due to repeated drought, lack of rainfall and desertification. The project also created the conditions for the development of 139,000 hectares of hydroponic systems to bolster food security in the country.
ADFD helped finance the construction of the dam, an adjoining 130-kilometre road and 220 kilometres of power transmission lines, as well as the purchase of the power plant equipment and the implementation of an environmental management system.
