{"version":"1","article":{"id":"afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026","slug":"afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026?lang=en","title":"AfDB signs about $240m in Tunisian water and chemical-sector financing","summary":"The agreements combine a €111.5m SONEDE loan with a $110m loan for the state-owned Tunisian Chemical Group.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-05T22:07:16+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-05T22:07:16+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-22","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"African Development Bank Group","url":"https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/press-releases/african-development-bank-provides-240-million-modernize-sonedes-drinking-water-network-and-upgrade-tunisian-chemical-group-97015","checkedAt":"2026-10-05","publishedAt":"2026-09-24"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/afdb-tunisia-240m-water-chemical-facilities-sep-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Tunisia and the African Development Bank signed two financing agreements in Tunis on 22 September, the Bank said on 24 September. One is a state-guaranteed €111.5 million loan to water utility SONEDE for technical and energy-performance upgrades to the Greater Tunis drinking-water network.","The second is a state-guaranteed $110 million loan to the Tunisian Chemical Group to rehabilitate production units at Gabès, Skhira and M’Dhilla and improve environmental and energy performance. At the Gabès site, steam recovery is expected to provide 23 megawatts of self-generation capacity. The two loan amounts use different currencies and are reported separately."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The agreements combine a €111.5m SONEDE loan with a $110m loan for the state-owned Tunisian Chemical Group.\n\nTunisia and the African Development Bank signed two financing agreements in Tunis on 22 September, the Bank said on 24 September. One is a state-guaranteed €111.5 million loan to water utility SONEDE for technical and energy-performance upgrades to the Greater Tunis drinking-water network.\n\nThe second is a state-guaranteed $110 million loan to the Tunisian Chemical Group to rehabilitate production units at Gabès, Skhira and M’Dhilla and improve environmental and energy performance. At the Gabès site, steam recovery is expected to provide 23 megawatts of self-generation capacity. The two loan amounts use different currencies and are reported separately.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"energy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/energy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic energy landscape with solar panels, wind turbines and transmission lines.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"energy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/energy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic energy landscape with solar panels, wind turbines and transmission lines.","language":"en"}}}