Belgian-Congolese billionaire George Forrest bets $2.8bn on Kinsuka dam to light up Kinshasa
Billionaires Africa | 21.02.2026 15:56
Belgian Congolese industrial group Groupe Forrest, owned by billionaire businessman George Forrest, is moving forward with a 900 megawatt hydropower project on the Congo River west of Kinshasa, a $2.8 billion plan that the government says is meant to cut chronic power shortages in the capital and support industrial demand.