EIB cancels Sh19.5 billion Centum geothermal loan

EIB East Africa head Catherine Collin. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has cancelled a Sh19.5 billion loan offer to a firm partly owned by Centum Investments over viability and environmental concerns raised by lobbies.

The EIB East Africa head Catherine Collin had last year said the €155 million (Sh19.5 billion) generation financing package to Akiira Geothermal Ltd “will be finalised soon.”

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