Bitcoin Mining on the Nile? Implications of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for Egypt and Sudan

From arabcenterdc.org

Ethiopia’s highly contested and controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was officially inaugurated on September 9, 2025, marking the completion of one of Africa’s most ambitious infrastructure projects. The event opened a new chapter in the decades-long tensions between Ethiopia and the downstream riparian states of Egypt and Sudan. Water scarcity in the Nile basin can be either physical, resulting from a lack of available water, or economic, arising from insufficient financial resources to utilize existing supplies. While Egypt and Sudan are physically water-scarce countries, facing declining per ... (full story)