In this video, we see how the countries involved in conflicts in Ethiopia, the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam, are making compromises, to save the bombing of the infrastructure, and focus on the benefits to the entire region and Africa at large. Discussions between the countries involved had reached a deadlock. What does this mean? The positive perception will lead to an end in the suffering of our people, especially the African common man through great initiatives within and around the region, to perform entrepreneurship activities, which will enable the continent to achieve sustainable development. Africa must stop treading along counter-productive paths, that keep our continent either stagnant or impoverished. We are not stupid, we are not bewitched, we are not cursed. We just need to embrace each other in all our doings. With unity, everything is possible, and the sky is the limit. If we don’t change, the whole continent will remain underdeveloped and vulnerable to re-colonisation. We must not let this happen. The primary purpose of the dam is electricity production to relieve Ethiopia's acute energy shortage and for electricity export to neighbouring countries. With a planned installed capacity of 5.15 gigawatts, the dam will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa when completed, as well as among the 20 largest in the world. On 20 February 2022, the dam produced electricity for the first time, delivering it to the grid at a rate of 375 MW.[3] A second 375 MW turbine was commissioned in August 2022. EFFECTS OF CONFLICTS IN THE COUNTRY Due to the coup d'état of 1974 and following 17-year-long Ethiopian Civil War, the project failed to progress. This is a clear example how conflicts in Africa derail the progress towards economic development. For such a long time, 17 years, the project had come to a standstill, preventing Ethiopia from addressing its acute energy challenges and inability to export electricity to neighbouring countries, hindering other investments from being undertaken, thus keeping the population around in poverty, joblessness and fear. On 31 March 2011, a day after the project was made public, a US$4.8 billion contract was awarded without competitive bidding to Italian company Salini Impregilo, and the dam's foundation stone was laid on 2 April 2011 by the Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.[19] A rock-crushing plant was constructed, along with a small air strip for fast transportation. The expectation was for the first two power-generation turbines to become operational after 44 months of construction, or early 2015. It should be noted that such a huge project was awarded without competitive bidding. This means that there was no room for comparing prices, specification and / or any other value for money benefits. Egypt, located over 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) downstream of the site, opposes the dam, which it believes will reduce the amount of water available from the Nile. Zenawi argued,