Guinea Bissau: Procurement opening for Bissau City grid

The Ministry of Energy and Industry, and Electricidade e Aguas da Guiné-Bissau (EAGB) have released a general procurement notice for a project to improve electricity supply in Bissau City. The government has received a $10.1m loan and $8.61m grant from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the project, which will reinforce the distribution grid and improve EAGB’s commercial management and governance. The project aims to reduce the number of interruptions each month from 22 to two over the span of the work, and reduce overall technical and commercial losses from 47% to 20%.