World Bank provides $60 million for urban resilience in Congo
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ACI
The Urban Resilience Strengthening Project receives $60 million from the World Bank, said its coordinator Guy Fulgence Mbengue. It targets 575,000 people in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, with more than 450,000 local jobs aimed for, and is due to close on 31 October 2031.
The Urban Resilience Strengthening Project (Prru) in Congo-Brazzaville receives $60 million in funding from the World Bank, said its coordinator, Guy Fulgence Mbengue, on 9 November in Brazzaville. The project came into force on 17 September and is due to close on 31 October 2031.
It targets 350,000 beneficiaries in Brazzaville, in the 7 Mfilou and 9 Djiri districts, and 225,000 in Pointe-Noire, in the 4 Loandjili and 5 Mongo-Mpoukou districts. According to Mr Mbengue, 575,000 people will benefit from resilient and rehabilitated infrastructure. The project is also to generate more than 450,000 local jobs, 30% of them for young people, and to protect 145,000 people against ravine-related risks.
The first component, devoted to access to infrastructure and services, takes more than 80% of the funds: erosion and flood control, sanitation, urban development. The second, at 7.2%, strengthens institutional and municipal capacities. The third, at 4.5%, covers project management. The fourth provides for an emergency mechanism of around 10% of the envelope, which will allow uncommitted resources to be quickly reallocated in the event of a disaster.
The Minister of Planning and World Bank governor for the country, Ludovic Ngatsé, spoke at the ceremony. The launch was reported in our article on the project against urban flooding and erosion.
