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Chinese lenders squeeze African borrowers even harder

Ugandan government has to place all revenue from Entebbe airport into an escrow account

Chinese lenders are imposing even more stringent collateral requirements on low-income country borrowers than previously known as they seek to hedge risks from their extensive overseas development finance programme.

Under a $200mn loan from China Eximbank for the expansion and modernisation of Entebbe airport, the Ugandan government is required to channel all revenue from the country’s only international airport into an escrow account, according to the contract obtained by AidData, a US-based research lab.

The document highlights a long-running controversy over the loan to Uganda’s government, which damaged its relationship with the bank.

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