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Solar energy company Africa Power has been awarded contracts to build 10 solar-operated irrigation systems in Farafra, CEO Ahmed Hamdy tells Al Mal. The EGP 25 mn project will be financed by an unnamed Kuwaiti investor as part of the 1.5 mn feddan project. 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