美國將對非洲投資10億美元

The U.S. government has launched Connect Africa, a program that will invest more than $1 billion in projects to improve transportation, communications, and value chains across the continent.

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The U.S. government will carry out the initiative through its development finance branch, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Over the next three years, OPIC plans to finance projects with companies in Zambia, Rwanda, South Africa, Kenya and Uganda.

Early this month, OPIC committed $100 million in financing to a cellular communications company that will upgrade and expand telecommunication networks in Uganda, Gambia, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In Uganda, OPIC will invest $58 million in projects that include a hydro power plant.

The $1 billion in financing is small compared to $60 billion that China has promised to invest in Africa.美國政府開啓了一個名爲“連接非洲”的項目，這個項目將投資10億多美元，來改善整個非洲大陸的交通、運輸和產業鏈。

這個項目將由政府旗下的海外私人投資公司(OPIC) 負責。在未來三年，海外私人投資公司將爲贊比亞、盧旺達、南非、肯尼亞、烏干達這些國家的項目提供資金。

本月早些時候，OPIC承諾將爲一個電信通訊公司融資一億美元，該公司將升級並擴大烏干達、岡比亞、塞拉利昂和剛果的電訊網絡。

在烏干達，OPIC將爲項目投資5800萬美元，其中包括一個水電站。

美國10億美元的資金相較於中國承諾的對非洲600億美元的融資要少得多。