{"id":7606,"date":"2023-11-10T08:20:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T08:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/?p=7606"},"modified":"2023-11-12T11:59:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:59:08","slug":"saudi-arabia-inks-500m-deals-with-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/10\/saudi-arabia-inks-500m-deals-with-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Inks $500M Deals with Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the end of the Saudi-Arab-African Economic Conference, the Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan was pleased to announce that deals worth SAR 2 billion (USD 533M) were sealed during the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Saudi Arabia, the Arab Coordination Group pledged USD 50 billion for development and impactful projects in Africa for the period up to 2030. The Arab Coordination Group is made of Development Funds in the Middle-East region including the Islamic Development Bank and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Saudi Minister of Investment also revealed that the Kingdom&#8217;s $700B Sovereign Wealth Fund, known as the Public Investment Fund (PIF), is currently eyeing &#8216;game-changing deals&#8217; in Africa which will be announced soon.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"c5bdba\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #c5bdba;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SFD-08w-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-7616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SFD-08w-jpg.webp 600w, https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SFD-08w-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">OPEC Fund Finances Water Supply Project in Rwanda <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Among the various projects agreements signed at the Conference, we can highlight a few as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>#<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>PROJECT<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>COUNTRY <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>AMOUNT  <br>SAR M<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Mother and Child Referral Hospital<\/td><td>Guinea<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">281,25<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Construction and Rehabilitation of Manchogi-Makanjira Road<\/td><td>Malawi<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">75.00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>Manga Regional Hospital<\/td><td>Burkina Faso<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">63.75<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Rehabilitation of King Khalid University Hospital in Bujumbura<\/td><td>Burundi<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">187.50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Riyadh Referral Hospital<\/td><td>Sierra Leone<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">187,50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>Benako-Kyaka Transmission Line<\/td><td>Tanzania<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">28.70<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>Construction of Secondary Schools for Girls in Several Regions<\/td><td>Niger<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">100.00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Construction of Hospitals and a Dam<\/td><td>Mozambique<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">592.67<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>Snapshots of Deals Concluded at <a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/saaec2023\/\">#SAAEC2023<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Other MoUs covered cooperation in Oil &amp; Gas sector in Nigeria as well as Energy projects for Senegal, Ethiopia and Chad. 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