IsDB Group implements 80 development projects in Senegal worth US$2.6 billion.
Dr Bandar Hajjar, Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB Group), stated that IsDB Group is currently implementing 80 development projects in Senegal worth US$2.6 billion, and that the Group has so far completed 143 projects worth US$1 billion, bringing the total volume of IsDB projects in Senegal to US$3.6 billion, including US$2.4 billion for IsDB projects and contributions from IsDB Group institutions. These include US$740 million from the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), US$147 million from the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), in addition to other financings amounting to US$311 million. Dr Hajjar said the sectors that received the most IsDB financing were energy, transport, agriculture, water and sanitation, finance, industry and mining, health, education and public administration.