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Overview

China Eximbank provides $5.56 million loan for Mont Barnier Social Housing Project (Linked to Record ID#30499, #68914)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$6,036,369
Commitment Year•2012Country of Activity•CongoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•CongoSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Loan

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2012
Start (actual)
Apr 1, 2012
Last repayment (originally scheduled)
Dec 28, 2025

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of the project was to construct housing units in Mont Barnier, which is located in the 7th (Mfilou) district (arrondissement) of Brazzaville. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5892761485

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Ultimate beneficial owners

At least 25% host country ownership

Funding agencies

State-owned Policy Banks

  • Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Republic of Congo

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

  • Egis International

State-owned companies

  • Beijing Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (BCEG)

Loan desecription

China Eximbank provides $5.56 million loan for Mont Barnier Social Housing Project

Interest type•UnknownMaturity•14 years

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2012, China Eximbank and the Government of the Republic of Congo signed a $5,569,542.00 loan agreement for the Mont Barnier Social Housing Project. This loan carries a 14-year maturity, but its interest rate and grace period are unknown.It was fully repaid by the borrower Its (principal) amount outstanding was $0 as of December 31, 2019. The purpose of the project was to construct housing units in Mont Barnier, which is located in the 7th (Mfilou) district (arrondissement) of Brazzaville. Beijing Construction Engineering Group Co.,Ltd. (BCEG) was the contractor responsible for project implementation. A French company called Egis International was the contractor responsible for project supervision. Construction began in April 2012 and the project had achieved a 57% completion rate as of December 2014. The Mont Barnier Social Housing Project was part of a larger housing relocation initiative (worth CFA 78,597,487,428 or 121 million euros) that took place after a munition’s explosion in the Mpila neighborhood within the capital city of Brazzaville on March 4, 2012. Two additional China Eximbank loans supported this larger initiative (see Record ID#68914 and ID#30499), which were coordinated by Mr. Serge OBOA.

Staff comments

1. This project is also known as the Mont-Barnier Social Housing Project. The French project title is Logements Mont Barnier or Logements sociaux Barnier or Le projet de délocalisation des casernes militaires or Le projet de délocalisation et construction des casernes militaires. 2. The China Eximbank loan that supported this project is not included in the database of Chinese loan commitments that SAIS-CARI released in July 2020. Nor is it included in the the Chinese Overseas Development Finance Dataset published by Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center in December 2020. AidData relies on the face value of the loan ($5,569,542.00) and the maturity length (14 years) that is recorded by the Republic of Congo’s Public Debt Agency (Caisse Congolaise d’Amortissement or CCA) and Délégation Générale des Grands Travaux (DGGT).