Rwanda: $100m Irrigation Schemes Face Financing Setback

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Rwanda: $100m Irrigation Schemes Face Financing Setback

[New Times] IN 2018, Rwanda and the Export-Import Bank of India signed a loan agreement of $100 million (about Rwf100 billion at the current exchange rates) to develop three irrigation schemes - Warufu, Nyamukana and Mugesera.

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