MaseruLesotho signed a $6.2 billion energy deal.
A minister holds a stake in a likely local partner to the deal.
The hydropower-and-data-centre project rivals Lesotho’s entire economy, leaving no arm’s-length counterparty for a minister’s holding.
Convalt Energy’s feasibility study, due within a year, will set the project’s financing terms.
How each outlet framed it
- Daily Maverick leans critical
- documents minister's shareholding in Sekhametsi poised to benefit from $6.2B hydropower-AI deal
Sources: Daily Maverick