Uganda Opens Africa's 5th Largest Bridge - "Source of the Nile Bridge"

26 October 2018
This is Africa (Hilversum)
By Kylie Kiunguyu

Africa's fifth-largest bridge has been opened in Jinja, the eastern region of Uganda, dubbed "Source of the Nile Bridge". The cable-supported bridge is 525 metres long and is expected to "last for 120 years", according to President Yoweri Museveni.

Uganda's new bridge, aptly called "Source of the Nile" as it runs across the Victoria Nile, cost an impressive US$112 million to construct. Of this cost, 80 percent was financed by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) at an annual interest rate of 0.01%, payable in 10 years with the option to extend. The bridge was built by a Japanese contractor, Zenitaka Corporation, in partnership with the South Korean Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company.

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