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LeadershipWWW.MSINGIAFRIKAMAGAZINE.COM | we tell the true afrikan story 12When I explored the GERD in 2022, it had the capacity to produce 750 MW of electricity. Then, only two water ways were completed, delivering water from the reservoir at a flow rate of 330 cubic meters per second, which rotated each turbine 125 times per minute across a magnetic field, generating 375 MW. A great deal has changed over the last two plus years. All thirteen waterways, which are 8.5 meters wide, are fully constructed, as are all thirteen turbines. Seven turbines with the capacity of 2,600 MW are presently generating electricity; five turbines at 400 MW each and two at 300 MW. On the day that I was viewing the GERD, over 1,800 MW of electricity was being generated and transferred to the national grid. Over the months ahead six more turbines will be tested and brought online, bringing the total number of functioning turbines to thirteen.Egypt and Sudan UnharmedDownstream, 2,670 kilometers-1,658 miles from the GERD, on the White Nile, is the Egyptian High Aswan Dam. For over a decade, Egypt has opposed the construction and operation of the GERD, claiming it would reduce the flow of water to its Aswan Dam, which produces electricity, control floods, and provides water for farming. It should be noted that the Egyptian population enjoys virtually 100% access to electricity. The GERD is strictly a hydro-electric dam; thus, all the water passes through, traveling north to Sudan where the Blue Nile joins the White Nile in Khartoum, and continues its journey to the Mediterranean Sea. The Egyptian government alleged that the filling of the GERD would reduce the volume of the Nile River to Sudan and the Aswan Dam. This did not happen. Yet, Egypt continues to protest the GERD%u2019s operation even though the GERD will provide a continuous flow of water downstream that will prevent flooding and drying up of the White Nile. Additionally, the GERD has been constructed to provide a larger volume of Nile River water to the Aswan Dam than it would The author standing in front of five of the thirteen completed waterways that deliver the water to the turbines.The GERD is a potent demonstration of the power of human creativity, and humankind%u2019s harmony with the physical universe. %u201c