IsDB finances 56 new trucks as part of Guinea sanitation project

The Islamic Development Bank has financed the acquisition of 56 trucks to improve the collection and transport of solid waste in Conakry, the capital of Guinea.

The acquisition of the fleet cost $54 million, with the funds being provided through the IsDB's Lives & Livelihoods Fund as part of the Conakry city sanitation project. Part of this financing - $49 million dollars - is dedicated to other components. The sanitation project will also help preserve the environment by rehabilitating the infamous Minière landfill site, located in the heart of Conakry’s Dar Es Salam district. In August 2017, heavy rains caused the collapse of this decades-old dump. The buildings below were buried by the waste, killing at least nine people.