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Eiffage Group strengthens market in Africa

A Leading figure in the European concessions and public works sector, Eiffage Group, says it is willing and ready to strengthen its leadership in the Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Concessions  market to Africa and Asia, and not be restricted mainly to Europe.

Eiffage Group, which operates through five business lines, including construction, public works, energy and metal, says it will strengthen its operations through an active involvement in a large number of major projects, targeting especially transport infrastructure and equipment for public authorities.

The company is also seeking to become public authorities’ long-term partner in the expansion of PPP contracts.

A Director at Eiffage, Mr Loic Dorbec, told journalists who were on a study tour of France that the company’s ability to create synergy among the group’s branches to reach common goals for sustainable development was proving to be an efficient answer to the requirements of public authorities.

Through its subsidiaries, Eiffage Senegal and Eiffage TP, Eiffage has been awarded a contract through to 2039 for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance, of the extension to the Dakar-Diamniadio toll motorway between Diamniado junction and Blaise Diagne International Airport, which is currently under construction.

Eiffage has also secured an 80 million Euro contract for the design and construction of an annex to the Gabon National Assembly in Libreville through its Eiffage Construction subsidiary.

The project comprises two 10-storey buildings which will contain 482 offices, a conference room and more than 300 surface parking spaces with a total area of 30,340 square metres.

The energy sector of the company, Eiffage Energie, is also present in Ghana, undertaking various works in the energy sector.

Mr Dorbec and his team conducted the journalists round its 182 km Bretagne Pays de la Loire high-speed railway, with 32 km of interchanges and 12 large scale engineering structures.

The project, which was signed under the PPP contract on July 28, 2011, is expected to be completed in May 2017 under a 25-year 3,000 million Euro contract, involving 12 commercial banks, the European Investment Bank and the Caisse des Depotssss et Consignations.

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