On Thursday 30 June at 17h00, EIB President Philippe Maystadt will inaugurate in Dakar, in the presence of His Excellency Mr Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal, the EIB's regional office for West Africa.
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A press conference will be held at 11h00 on Friday 1 July at the SOFITEL Téranga, Dakar, at which President Maystadt will introduce the Head of the Regional Office, Mr Jack Reversade, and present the EIB's activities in West Africa under the Cotonou partnership agreement between the ACP countries and the EU. The press conference will also be preceded by the signing of the finance contract for a loan to purchase a new ferry to reestablish the Dakar-Ziguinchor sea link in a cofinancing operation with KfW, Agence française de développement, the Autonomous Port of Dakar and the Senegal Government.