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OFID signs credit line for PTA Bank

04 March 2010

OFID and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank have signed a one-year renewable line of credit to boost trade in sub-Saharan Africa.

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OFID and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank), have signed a $20 million one-year renewable line of credit to allow PTA Bank to boost trade in sub-Saharan Africa.

OFID, the OPEC Fund for International...


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