Uganda plans to borrow 101.9 million euros ($112.7 million) from U.K. Export Finance to develop solar-powered irrigation and water systems to boost agriculture in Africa’s biggest coffee exporter.
Uganda will spend the funding to develop 920 water systems for domestic use and for irrigation, the parliament’s National Economy Committee said in a statement posted on the legislature’s website. U.K-based Nexus Green Ltd. will establish a factory in Uganda to make equipment and install the systems, the lawmaking committee said.