Perspective
30 April 2020
Abidjan Metro: From PPP to pure EPC
In:
Infrastructure, Transport
Region:
Middle East & Africa
The Ivory Coast decided to keep the ECA-backed financing of the Abidjan Metro on balance sheet after it initially launched the project as a PPP in 2013. TXF spoke with Alain Descamps, chairman of the STAR consortium, the project's EPC contractor, to find out whether the scheme will serve as a viable financing template for other large-scale rail networks in the West African region.
