Shop talk: Upping ECA benchmarks in Benin

In:

Power, Transport

Region:

Middle East & Africa

Max Thompson

Managing Editor

TXF spoke with the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Benin and Natixis about a landmark Bpifrance-covered financing to back an electricity transmission and distribution programme by VINCI Energies closed this year. The deal marks the largest export financing in the West African country.

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