Burkina Faso awards Ouagadougou-Donsin airport contract
Burkina Faso's government has awarded a €122 million (about $144 million) contract for the execution of lot 2A of the construction works of the new Ouagadougou-Donsin international airport.
The contract was awarded to a consortium formed between Africa's Sogea Satom, and Kuwaiti- based Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons Company.
The project is partly financed by the Islamic Development Bank, the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development, the OPEC Fund for International Development, the Saudi Fund for Development, and the government of Burkina Faso. The work is expected to be completed within 30 months.
The new Ouagadougou-Donsin international airport is under construction approximately 35km northeast of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The first phase of the project comprises a 3500m runway and a 17,000sqm terminal facility. The second phase, set for construction from 2026-2030, will expand the runway to 4,000m and double the capacity of the passenger terminal.
