It has emerged that Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is still paying GHS1.4 million (US$0.29 million) per month to Befesa Desalination Development Ghana Limited as per the BOT agreement despite the shutdown of plant

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It has emerged that Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is still paying GHS1.4 million (US$0.29 million) per month to Befesa Desalination Development Ghana Limited as per the BOT agreement despite the shutdown of plant. Thus the national government is facing pressure to buy the assets and liabilities of Befesa Desalination
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    AquaVenture Holdings Limited has announced that it has entered into a binding agreement with Abengoa Water, S.L.U

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  • February 08, 2018

    Ghana launches RFEOIs for port and rail PPPs

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  • February 08, 2018

    A pre-qualification conference will be held on 8 February 2018

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  • February 07, 2018

    Abengoa has confirmed that it is renegotiating the contract for the project with Ghana Water Company, The re-negotiation implies no change in the duration of the operations and maintenance contract, and talks are expected to complete by end of March 2018

  • February 01, 2018

    The Ministry of Finance has listed the project on its newly-launched PPP disclosure platform as in pre-procurement stage, indicating that the previous pre-qualification round was cancelled

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