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One new loan, and two inaugurations under the aegis of the President PEC Fund Director-General Dr Abdulhamid


Alkhalifa (above, left) recently signed a US$20 million development loan to help finance Burkina Faso’s Agricultural Value Chain Support Project (PAPFA).


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Dr Alkhalifa signed the loan in Ouagadougou with Burkina Faso’s Minister of Economy, Finance and Development,lopment, Lassané Kaboré (pictured right and above). PAPFA aims toPFA aims to contribute to poverty alleviation and to enhance food security in Burkina Faso. Specifically, the project will help crop and vegetable farmers adopt efficient technol- ogies related to the production, processing and storage of produce, ultimately enabling them to increase sales in local and regional markets. Dr Alkhalifa said: “This latest OPEC Fund loan demonstrates our continued commit- ment to a striving country that retains hope, despite the challenges it still faces. It is our way of saying: ‘we are your partners’.”


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Burkina Faso’s Minister of Economy, Finance and


Development, Lassané Kaboré (and above, right)


PHOTO: Edouard Richard


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