[3] This is approximately 280 kilometres (174 mi) by road, southeast of Luanda, the capital and largest city in the country.

[2] The power generated is integrated into the national electricity grid and supplies energy to approximately 8,000,000 customers in Angola.

The ancillary power station will operate most often, to maintain a minimum 60 m3/s (2,100 cu ft/s) ecological flow of the river.

[3] Following a corruption scandal involving the government of Brazil in 2016, that line of credit was terminated, leaving a funding gap.

[7] The government of Angola turned to commercial lenders in order to raise the necessary funding to complete the project.