France and Niger have signed a 3-year cooperation agreement which might see the first provide the second over FCFA39 billion (about €60 million) of financing. The agreement was initialed in Paris during the visit of Niger’s Prime Minister Brigi Rafini from Feb 7 to 10, 2017.

From the total amount provided, close to €50 million will be used to establish the Kandadji hydropower dam. The infrastructure whose construction was launched since May 2008 will help provide more water to Niamey’s populations and generate 125 MW of power. It will also insure a flow of 120 m3/s at the beginning of the low-water period of the Niger River.

Asides this agreement, others were signed in various domains, totaling more than FCFA6 billion (about €10 million). One of the projects covered by the agreements is directed at the Diffa youth (in the South Eastern part of the nation which suffers terrorist attacks).