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Technology

Loan approved

Finance an American phone network in Africa

An American phone network in Africa is worth $99.6 million when China is the alternative.

Executive owner
Export-Import Bank / Global Technology
Status
Loan approved
Due
Before the next Huawei tower
Paying for it
Africell, with federal financing

ACTIVITY

Updated
EO
Executive Office6:58 AM

Export-Import Bank approved a loan for Africell.

DJT
Donald J. Trump7:00 AM

99.6 Million, almost a Hundred, very Generous Rounding!

EO
Executive Office7:06 AM

Africell selected American and European equipment for Angola.

EO
Executive Office7:15 AM

The China comparison made the loan easier to call America First.

DJT
Donald J. Trump7:17 AM

OUR Equipment in there.

EO
Executive Office7:27 AM

The figure is $99.6 million. Communications rounds generously.

DJT
Donald J. Trump7:29 AM

America First, they don't look outside America, China looks EVERYWHERE! I can look at Angola, still know where America is..... very good Map, very good Brain too.

PUBLIC RECORD

The administration approved a $99.6 million Export-Import Bank loan to Africell, the only U.S.-owned mobile-network operator in Africa, to purchase American and European telecommunications technology.

Associated Press · 2026-09-11 ↗