Egypt: IFC Approves Investing Dlrs 150m in Egypt's Agriculture SectorSource: www.export-egypt.com 9/24/2017, Location: Africa |
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 The Executive Council of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has approved injecting dlrs 150 million direct investments into Egypt’s agriculture sector, Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr said.
The minister added that these investments aim at developing Egypt’s nutrition sector through the most up-to-date technology used in manufacture in addition to providing job opportunities for the youth, the investment ministry said in statement. The executive council’s resolution evening comes one day after President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s key and positive meeting with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and the agreement they reached on intensifying cooperation between Cairo and all the World Bank’s bodies, she said. On that score, the minister pointed out that the World Bank sees Egypt as a successful model in terms of implementing the economic reforms necessary to achieve sustainable development and support the country’s development march. Nasr also mentioned that the IFC’s approval comes four days after the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) approved offering dlrs 210 million as a guarantee for a number of mega international companies taking part in the world's biggest solar energy project in Aswan. Both the IFC and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are participating in the project with total investments of more than dlrs 2 billion. According to the project, six private local and international companies will set up 11 solar power plants with a total capacity of 500 megawatts in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Aswan at a total cost of dlrs 730 million. |
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