IsDB loan agreed for Ugandan Standard Gauge Railway
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Bank approves €650m in financing following site visit earlier this year.
Officials from the IsDB visited construction sites on the SGR project earlier this year.
Photo Credit: Standard Gauge Railway Uganda
THE Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has approved €650.75m in loans for Uganda’s €2.7bn project to build a new electrified Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Kampala to Malaba on the Kenyan border. The financing deal was agreed following site visits by a delegation from IsDB in February.
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