Project ID: 72022

China Road and Bridge Corporation grants $9.8 million to Railway Training Institute in Kenya

Commitment amount

$ 11571884.18191298

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 11571884.18

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Road & Bridge Corporation (CRBC) [State-owned Company]

Recipient

Kenya

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

Yes

Category

Intent

Mixed (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Pipeline: Commitment (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2016-04-01

Planned complete

2017-04-01

Geography

Description

In April 2016, China Road & Bridge Corporation, one of the primary contractors for the flagship Single Gauge Railway (SGR) project in Kenya, announced that it would grant $9.8 million (Ksh 1 billion) to Nairobi's Railway Training Institute (RTI). The grant comes alongside Ksh 1 billion in funding from the Kenyan government to up the skills of railway engineers ahead of commissioning the standard gauge railway. The funds will be used to establish an engineering school at RTI specializing in standard gauge railway operations. Construction was expected to be complete 24 to 36 months after the grant was given. Kenya's Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has already given CRBC a 10-year concession to operate the SGR line once complete as part of the loan agreements by the Chinese government.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Railway Training Institute (RTI) (Kenya) [Miscellaneous Agency Type]