{{The Opec Fund for International Development and the Government of Rwanda, represented by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning signed a Loan Agreement amounting US$12 million. }} <\/p>\n
The agreement was signed by Mr. Suleiman J. Al-Herbish, Director General of OFID and Ronald Nkusi, the Director of External Finance in MINECOFIN on Rwanda side.<\/p>\n
The signing of the agreement was held Tuesday at Opec headquarters in Vienna. <\/p>\n
The Loan Agreement will finance the Rwanda Electricity Scale up Program implemented by EWSA.<\/p>\n
The Ministry said the loan will also be used for the construction of Rukarara Sub-station, that will connect Rukarara I and Rukarara II to the national grid via Kilinda Station. <\/p>\n
The project will include a 30Km transmission line from Rukarara to Kilinda and will enable the efficient dispatching of Rukarara generated electricity, which is currently limited to serving the Southern Province.<\/p>\n
This project will be completed in one year and will contribute significantly to achieving the EDPRS target for electricity access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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