Egypt approves Kuwait loan for desalination plants

The Egyptian government has approved a loan agreement from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to provide financing for two desalination plants in the new cities of Rafah and Bir al-Abed in the North Sinai
The Egyptian government has approved a loan agreement from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to provide financing for two desalination plants in the new cities of Rafah and Bir al-Abed in the North Sinai.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi approved the loan agreement on 25 July. The loan agreement was initially signed on November 23, 2020, for a total of KD5.5m ($18.27m).
In July 2020, the Egyptian government announced the North African country will develop 47 desalination plants over the next five years in a programme worth $2.8bn.
The 47 desalination plants will be located in the governorates of North and South Sinai, Suez, Ismailia, Port Said, Dakahlia, Kafr e-Sheikh, Beheira Matrouh and the Red Sea coast.
The five-year plan is expected to result in additional desalination capacity of 2.44 million cubic metres a day (cm/d) by the end of 2025. The programme is being overseen by the New Urban Communities Authority (Nuca), the General Organisation for Physical Planning and the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW).
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