{"id":47384,"date":"2026-10-06T14:51:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47384"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:51:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:51:58","slug":"benin-president-secures-112-5m-financing-pact-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/benin-president-secures-112-5m-financing-pact-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Benin President secures $112.5m financing pact in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newly elected Beninese President Romuald Wadagni concluded a diplomatic visit to Paris, securing major bilateral financing agreements worth \u20ac99.79 million ($112.5 million) focused on critical infrastructure, energy expansion, agriculture, and public healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The financial package includes two separate agreements with the French Development Agency totaling \u20ac94.4 million ($106.4 million), alongside a \u20ac5.39 million ($6.08 million) mandate letter signed with Banque Publique d&#8217;Investissement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A major allocation of \u20ac79.4 million ($89.5 million) will target rural electrification, extending grid access through 120 000 new connections across 750 localities. An additional \u20ac15 million ($16.9 million) has been designated to boost sustainable agriculture, local fish farming (pisciculture), and health infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to political analyst and commentator Aristide Kanoussou, Wadagni&#8217;s first official state visit to France marks a critical shift in securing direct economic partnerships for Benin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30051,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-47384","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Benin President Wadagni concludes first official France visit with new funding deals ","published_date":"2026-10-06 14:51:46","news_description":"Benin President Wadagni concludes first official France visit with new funding deals ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47385,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47384\/revisions\/47385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}