Kinguele Aval: A pure DFI debt template

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Power, Renewables

Region:

Middle East & Africa

Max Thompson

Managing Editor

The solely DFI-backed non-recourse debt package funding development of the Meridiam-led 35MW Kinguele Aval hydropower plant in Gabon is set to serve as viable financing template for future IPPs in the country – and there are plenty such projects in the pipeline. But will ECA support emerge in this sector going forward?

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