Goodbye 2023, hello 2024; please be a darling, as these are truly uncertain times

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Goodbye to 2023…and a hesitant welcome to 2024. These are uncertain times, so we have to be cautious about what lies on the road ahead.

There is good news, though. In the first few weeks of 2024, we will likely have the tape cut on the Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project (RRFHP), a joint development by Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania. About 10 days ago, Tanzania’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, Doto Mashaka Biteko, said the 80MW project was “99.9 percent complete”.