Warid Telecom closes new landmark ECA deal in Pakistan

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Middle East & Africa

Max Thompson

Managing Editor

Due to the political and economic uncertainty surrounding Pakistan, international financing has been hard to come by for the South Asian country. Nonetheless,in July Warid Telecom, a Pakistani mobile operator, closed a $249.76 million EKN-backed loan – the third largest ECA deal in the country – for the purchase of Ericsson telecoms equipment.

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