Tunisia: Power Company to Set Up Electricity Project in Rwanda
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Tunisia Online (Tunis)
3 July 2008
Posted to the web 7 July 2008
Tunis
"STEG International Services", a branch of the Tunisian national electricity and gas company STEG, will set up a pilot project in Rwanda shortly.
The project which was announced during a press conference held on Thursday by STEG's CEO, Mr Othman Ben Arfa, is financed by the World Bank and will bring electricity to 4000 households in a country where the electrification rate does not exceed 4,5%, he said.
It will necessitate investments of the order of 10 million dinars and will require the assistance of 20 Tunisian cadres, including 3 engineers, 17 qualified technicians, and 3 financial officers.
90% of the equipment is Tunisian, said Mr Ben Arfa, adding that 5 million dinars were earmarked for equipment alone.
A second more ambitious project is also afoot, whose budget will exceed 150 million dollars, and will be launched by 2009 within the framework of an international call for tender.
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The project aims at electrifying 160,000 Rwandan households between 2009 and 2012.
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