Rwanda: RWF27bn Boost for Electricity Roll-Out

8 February 2014

About 70 per cent of households, industries, small and medium enterprises, and general businesses could access more affordable and reliable electricity by 2018, thanks to a new financing agreement between the government and the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The new concessional loan, worth $40 million (about Rwf27 billion) signed yesterday in Kigali, will fund the construction of 119 kilometres of transmission line from Rusumo Power Plant to Birembo substation in Kinyinya, Gasabo District, through the proposed Bugesera International Airport substation, Amb. Claver Gatete, the minister for finance and economic planning, said.

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