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Southern Africa: Infrastructure

Volume 480: debated on Wednesday 8 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, columns 1177-8W, how the US$5 billion of private investment will be distributed. (223689)

The more than US$ 5 billion private sector investment which has been mobilised in relation to the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) is helping to improve telecommunications, energy, transport, industrial and other infrastructure in African countries such as Cameroon, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria and Uganda. A detailed breakdown of the US$ 5.5 billion private sector investments together with EAIF finance is given in the attached table (Annex 1).

Annex 1: EAIF Active and Completed projects as of June 2008

($ million)

Project

EAIF

Year

Country

Sector

Comments

PSI Committed ($m)

Celtel (MSI Expansion)

30.00

2003

Sub-Saharan Africa

Telecoms

Total US$190m syndicated loan fully disbursed. Now repaid on refinancing.

160.0

MTN Nigeria

10.00

2003

Nigeria

Telecoms

US $5m drawn. Now repaid on refinancing

200.0

AES-Sonel

35.50

2003 (EAIF $32.3m) 2006 (EAIF $2.3m)

Cameroon

Energy/Power

EAIF loan disbursed - $32.3m in 2003, $2.3m in 2006. GPOBA approved eligibility commitment awaited

554.0

Moma Mineral Sands

36.50

2003 ($24.5m) 2007 ($12m)

Mozambique

Mining

Disbursing

477.0

BidCo Palm Oil/KIS Renewables

22.00

2006

Uganda

Agribusiness

Approved Nov 2006. Loan not yet signed

Tema Port Mooring Buoy

12.00

2005

Ghana

Transport

US$ 36m facility. US$ 9.4m Drawn

58.0

Obajana Cement Plant

30.00

2005

Nigeria

Industrial

Disbursed as part of US$ 500m syndicated loan

829.0

ElemePetrochem

20.00

2007

Nigeria

Industrial

EAIF loan disbursed Feb.2007

400.0

Ethiopian Airlines

36.00

2006

Ethiopia

Transport

Approved by the Board. Awaiting disbursement

474.0

CelTel Nigeria

35.00

2007

Nigeria

Telecoms

Disbursed Feb.2007

1,327.0

Celtel Africa

24.00

Africa Regional

Telecoms

Commenced disbursing Sept 2007

590.0

DRC

(8.0)

DRC

Telecoms

Malawi

(1.0)

Malawi

Telecoms

Madagascar

(2.0)

Madagascar

Telecoms

Sierra Leone

(9.0)

Sierra Leone

Telecoms

Uganda

(4.0)

Uganda

Telecoms

Mnazi Bay Power (Mtwara Power)

17.50

2007

Tanzania

Energy/Power

Approved April 200. Not yet signed

MagEnergy

12.00

2007 (TAF EAIF)

DRC

Energy/Power

Loan Approved

48.7

Seacom

35.00

2007

Africa Regional

Telecoms

Signed Dec.2007

385.0

Safal Africa

29.00

2007

Africa Regional

Industrial

Signed March 2008

(not yet available)

Bugoye Hydro Power Plant

35.00

2008

Uganda

Energy/Power

Loan Approved

55.7

Total

419.50

5,558.40