Afreximbank signs $200 million loan agreement on power project in Egypt

07 Dec 2016
Financial Nigeria

Summary

The loan facility agreement was signed with the Egyptian General Petroleum Company (EGPC) to support expansion of electricity generation and distribution in the country.

Benedict Oramah, President, African Export-Import Bank

The African Export-Import Bank has signed a $200 million loan facility agreement with the Egyptian General Petroleum Company (EGPC) to support the expansion of electricity generation and distribution in the North African country, according to a statement released on Tuesday. The Cairo-based multilateral lender said the facility will finance importation of oil and gas products to ensure uninterrupted supply of energy to Egypt’s industrial sector.

Dr. Benedict Oramah, President of the Afreximbank said the facility is part of its broad goal of supporting strategic sectors that could drive industrialization in Africa. He said over the last few years, the bank has invested about $2 billion in energy generation and distribution in Egypt and in the export of energy products from Egypt to the rest of Africa.

The support to Egypt’s energy sector is part of a broader strategic intervention in the country by Afreximbank, under which the bank has approved more than $7 billion to Egyptian entities and disbursed $5 billion since it commenced operations in 1994. The Bank’s exposure to Egyptian entities currently stands at more than $4 billion, according to Afreximbank’s President.

One of the bank’s interventions in Egypt is the $500-million Egypt-Africa Trade Promotion Programme, launched in January 2015 to facilitate trade and investment flows between Egypt and the rest of Africa. The programme has provided access to Egyptians entities to some markets in Africa, supporting an estimated $1.5 billion of Egyptian exports to the continent.


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