Roundtable on 19 March for funding of infrastructure projects in Central Africa
Pointe-Noire, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese minister of planning, territory equipment and big works, Jean-Jacques Bouya, Thursday announced the holding on 19 March of a roundtable to raise two billion Euros for the first phase of the 2020-2024 priority investment programme.
Bouya made this known during a meeting with technical partners and members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Congo.
"Altogether, 20 billion Euros will be raised to fund 12 projects by the year 2030," Bouya said during the talks with the multilateral and bilateral partners.
Among the projects are the building of a bridge-railway between Kinshasa and Brazzaville, the rehabilitation of the Ouesso-Bangui-N’Djemena road and fluvial and port works on the River Congo and its Oubangui-Sangha tributary.
After the talks, representatives of the different partners reaffirmed their will to back the country financially to implement the said projects.
The completion of those projects will stimulate the African continental free-trade.
This roundtable for the funding of infrastructure projects in Central Africa, scheduled for 19 March in Brazzaville, will bring together countries like Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad and Congo.
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