News
19 June 2019

DBSA commits $4.9m to Joule Africa’s hydropower project in Sierra Leone

In:
Renewables
Region:
Middle East & Africa

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has committed $4.9 million to finance the final stages of Joule Africa's Bumbuna II 143MW hydropower project in Sierra Leone.The project, on the Upper Seli River, involves building an extension to the existing 50MW Bumbuna I facility. When complete,...

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