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.
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.美國政府開啟了一個名為“連線非洲”的專案，這個專案將投資10億多美元，來改善整個非洲大陸的交通、運輸和產業鏈。
這個專案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為尚比亞、盧安達、南非、肯亞、烏干達這些國家的專案提供資金。
本月早些時候，OPIC承諾將為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、甘比亞、獅子山和剛果的電訊網路。
在烏干達，OPIC將為專案投資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。
