2024.03.21
On March 19, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a loan agreement with the Government of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire in Abidjan to provide a Japanese ODA loan of up to 2,455 million yen for the Abidjan Port Cereal Berth Construction Project (II).
The project constructs a new cereal berth at Abidjan Port, which functions as the gateway to West Africa, with the objectives of meeting the growing demand for rice and other cereals in Côte d’Ivoire and the landlocked countries of the Sahel region, such as Burkina Faso and Mali, and improving logistics in the region. In doing so, the project will contribute to the achievement of SDGs Goal 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure).
Signing Ceremony
The yen loan for the first term (L/A signed in March 2017 for 10,869 million yen) of this project has already been provided, and the current yen loan will cover the second term.
Special Terms for Economic Partnership (STEP)* were applied to the Japanese ODA loan for the first phase of this project, and Japanese technology, including the steel-pipe-sheet-pile, hat-shaped steel-sheet-pile, and H-beam construction methods, was utilized for the cereal-berth quay walls that have already been constructed.
*STEP refers to special assistance terms for promoting the visibility of Japanese aid through a transfer of outstanding Japanese technology and expertise to developing nations. The main contract is Japan tied and subcontracting is general untied. The main agreement partner must generally be a Japanese company, an overseas subsidiary of a Japanese company, or a joint venture between a Japanese company and the borrowing country where the Japanese company is the lead partner, although under certain conditions a joint venture between a Japanese company (which is the lead partner of the joint venture) and an affiliated company (as accounted under the equity method) of a Japanese company may be the main agreement partner.
Details for the project are provided below.
| Project title | Amount (million yen) |
Annual interest rate (%) | Repayment period (years) |
Grace period (years) |
Procurement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project | Consulting services |
|||||
| Abidjan Port Cereal Berth Construction Project (II) | 2,455 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 40 | 10 | Japan tied |
Abidjan Autonomous Port Authority
URL：https://www.portabidjan.ci/en
For further information about the procurement schedule, please contact the party listed below.
Contact Point for Infrastructure Sector, JICA Côte d'Ivoire Office
Address: 04 B.P. 1825, Abidjan 04, Côte d'Ivoire
Phone: + 225-272-248-2727; FAX: + 225-272-244-6582
Email Address: co_oso_rep@jica.go.jp
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