Standard Bank agreed the mixture of debt and equity with power producer Aeolus Kenya, which hopes to bring the Kinangop project online in mid-2015.

US manufacturer GE is slated to supply 38 1.6MW wind turbines to the project.

Standard Bank will underwrite $90m of the debt, while Norway’s Norfund and an unnamed “large Africa-focused international infrastructure investor” will provide $60m in equity, a statement said.

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