World Bank Funds Cameroon Water Projects

The World Bank is to extend a $28m loan to Cameroon to carry out water infrastructure projects that will ensure the provision of clean water in capital Yaounde and the port city of Douala.

The loan will help capacity building, support the decentralisation of infrastructure works in low-income settlements and support the implementation of the public-private partnership in urban water services.

The loan will be used to build a reservoir on Nyong River, as well as five other reservoirs to supply an additional 50,000m³ of water a day.

The World Bank funding will boost the XAF40bn ($80m) loan given in 2008 to the central African nation for the same project.