The
Board of Directors of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA),
in its session held on 30 September 2015, has approved loans and grants for
some African countries.
The
total amount of the approved financing is US$ 38.27 million, of which US $ 22.80
million are earmarked, as loans, for participation in financing of two
development projects, US$ 12.00 million for financing line of credit within
BADEA’s program for private sector, and US$ 3.47 million are allocated for
financing twelve technical assistance operations.
The following are the approved
operations
The Projects:-
|
Beneficiary
Country
|
Loan
Amounted
(Million
of US$)
|
Project Name
|
1-
|
Rwanda
|
15.00
|
Nyagatare –Rukomo- Byumba – Base Road
Lot 1 : Nyagatare-Rukomo
|
2-
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
7.80
|
Water Supply for the
City of "Trindade" and neighboring centers
|
The Private Sector:-
|
Beneficiary
Country
|
Loan
Amounted
(Million
of US$)
|
Project Name
|
3-
|
East African Development
Bank (EADB)
|
12.00
|
Line of Credit for East African Development Bank within BADEA Private
Sector Programme
|
Technical Assistance Operations:-
|
Beneficiary
Country
|
Loan Amounted
(US$)
|
Objectives
of the Technical Assistance
|
1-
|
Burkina Faso
|
400,000
|
Feasibility study for "
Cinkancé - Singha - Soudougui- Diabiga" Road
|
2-
|
Gambia
|
160,000
|
Support to Social
Development Fund
|
3-
|
Cote D Ivoire
|
450,000
|
Feasibility study for
"
Divo – Guitry- Cotière".
Road
|
4-
|
Kenya
|
320,000
|
Provision of An Arab
expert in the Field of Environment to support Kesse District
|
5-
|
Madagascar
|
160,000
|
Training program for Cadres
of Public Debt
|
6-
|
Swaziland
|
250,000
|
Update of Feasibility
study for Modjane- Matsamo Road
|
7-
|
Senegal
|
300,000
|
Technical Support to
support income generating projects for women
|
8-
|
Chad
|
340,000
|
Feasibility Study for
rural development project in Lake Chad
|
9-
|
Guinea
|
450,000
|
Feasibility study for
water supply and sanitation in Guinea coastal islands
|
10-
|
Regional
|
250,000
|
Training program for the
development of rice agriculture in Africa
|
11-
|
Regional
|
290,00
|
Training program for fighting
cattle diseases
|
12-
|
Regional
|
100,00
|
Training program in
the field of irrigation technologies
|
PROJECTS:
Beneficiary Country
|
Rwands
|
Project’s Name
|
Nyagatare –Rukomo-
Byumba – Base Road
Lot 1 :
Nyagatare-Rukomo
|
Estimated Project Cost
|
US$
88.50 million
|
BADEA’s Financing
|
US$ 15.00 million
|
Other Sources of
Financing
|
OFID-US$15.00
million; Kuwait Fund-US$15.00 million; Saudi Fund-US$15.00 million; Abu Dhabi
Fund-US$15.00 million and The Government - US$ 13.50 million
|
Project Description and Components
|
Nyagatare
–Rukomo- Byumba – Base Road is located in the central eastern region of the country
close to the capital “Kigali”. The total length of the road is 124.8 km and
to ease finance, it was divided to to two lots:
- Civil
Works and ancillaries for the construction of an asphalt road with a
length of 73.3 Km and width of 7 meters and two shoulder each of 1.5
meter to be sidewalks with width of 2.0 meters within town in addition
to the construction of storm water drainage installation and providing
of safety measures.
- Consultancy
Services: for the preparation of detailed engineering design, tender
documents and supervision of construction.
- Support
to the project implementation Unit.
|
Project objectives
|
The
rural development Project aims to contribute to achievement of the national
strategic goals in the transport sector which aims to the development of the
national roads networks and its integration. It aims also to connecting the
central regions within each other and with the capital “Kigali”, reduce
transport time and ease the transport of goods and passengers.
|
Procurement
of Goods and Services
|
- Civil
works and
ancillaries: through international competitive bidding,
• Consultancy services through a short list of Arab, African or Arab-African firms,
|
Project’s Implementation
|
The
physical implementation of the project is expected to start in January 2017
and be completed in January 2019.
|
Executing Agency
|
Rwanda Transport
Development Agency (RTDA)
P.O Box :
6674
Kigali- Rwanda
|
Beneficiary Country
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
Project’s Name
|
Water
Supply for the City of "Trindade" and neighboring centers
|
Estimated Project Cost
|
US$ 9.34 million
|
BADEA’s Financing
|
US$ 7.80 million
|
Other Sources of
Financing
|
The Government - US$ 1.54
million.
|
Project Description and
Components
|
The
town “ Trindade” in Sao Tome island lies about 20 Km south west of the
capital “Sao tome” and it is the capital of “Me- Zochi” region and is
considered the second largest town in the country. The project includes 15
centers in the region. The project consists of the following main components
:
[1] Civil Engineering Works and Ancillaries
- Expansion of the
existing water intake on “Manuel Jorge” river to increase its capacity from
2000 to 5100 cubic meters per day.
- Construction of water
treatment plant with capacity of 5100 cubic meters per day and providing
connection with the electric gird.
- Construction of
ground reservoirs with capacity of 900 cubic meters.
Construction of
transmission and distribution lines with total length of 43.1 km. [2] Consultancy Services: for the
review of detailed designs and preparation of the tender documents, assisting
the Executing Agency in launching and analysis of bids, award of contracts
and supervision of the works. [3] Support to the Project
Implementation Unit
|
Project objectives
|
The
project aims at the improvement of water supply services to the residents of
town of “Trindade” and the surrounding centers to meet the current and future
water demand up to 2035.Improving health conditions to the residents and ease
the suffering in fetching for water specially women and children.
Participating in encouraging the economic activities related to the
availability of water to improve living conditions.
|
Procurement
of Goods and Services
|
Civil engineering and Accessories: through an
international Bidding.
Consulting services:
through a tender limited to a short list of consulting firms Arab,
African or Arab / African consulting
firms
Support to the Project Implementation Unit to avail transport means and
office equipment : through local agents.
|
Project’s Implementation
|
The
physical implementation of the project is expected to start in March of 2017
and be completed in October 2018.
|
Executing Agency
|
Enterprise de l’eau
et de l’électricité(EMAE)
Tel :
+2392222096
Fax : 2392222488
Directeur de l
Hydraulique : +2399984756
E-mail : flesio@hotmail.com
|
For more details please visit the website : www.badea.org
