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SFE lining up USD 2.5 bn in private-sector investment for desalination plants

SMART POLICY- The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (SFE) is looking to do with desalination what Egypt did last decade with electricity and natural gas as it seeks private-sector partners to build and run 17 new desalination plants at an aggregate cost of about USD 2.5 bn. The news comes as “the country tries to tackle…