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In 2018, Morocco launched the first high-speed rail line in Africa, linking Tangiers, Rabat and Casablanca.
It was a huge moment for both Morocco and the continent, and the culmination of a decade-long project that was,
in part, facilitated by a loan from the Kuwait Fund. This paid for the completion of a
196km-long section of track between Tangiers and Qunaitra and the purchase of
14 high-speed LGV trains.

At the time, Morocco already had a rail network serving

40 million passengers a year, but the new trains, capable of speeds of up to 320kph, cut the Tangiers-Casablanca travel time in half, created
local jobs
and overhauled the efficiency of its network – after the first year of operation, only
one in 30
trains was late. And this was just the start. Newly proposed links to
Marrakech and Fez
are hoping to raise the current number of Moroccan travellers on its fast trains and help spread tourism dollars across a wider area. But it all goes back to this initial project, marking the beginning of Morocco’s rail revolution.

Although there is an abundance of water in Lesotho’s mountainous areas, the lowlands in the country is especially
susceptible to drought. The region is plagued by dryspells every year, affecting the nation’s food security, health
(as access to clean water diminishes) and the economy, which is reliant on the garment industry (using a large amount of water).
Kuwait Fund’s project to supply water to the region was completed in 2014. It aimed to meet the forecasted domestic and industrial
water demands up to 2025 in the capital Maseru and the towns of Roma, Mazenod, Morija, and Teyateyaneng. A large concrete dam was
constructed (278m long, 83m high) in the lowlands at Metolong on South Phuthiatsana River 35km from the capital. A Raw Water
Treatment plant near the town of Ha Seeiso (75,000m3 capacity) was also constructed, alongside pipelines, pumping stations and
lifting stations needed to transfer the raw water to the treatment plant and later on to the cities that needed the water.

Over the past three decades, Pakistan has been affected by repeated energy shortages and blackouts.
With a population expected to rise by
56%
by 2050, demand is only going to skyrocket, making energy production an urgent problem to be solved.
Yet creating the right kind of power is almost as big a problem. Currently, much of Pakistan’s energy generation relies on
importing expensive fossil fuels
(64%),
including coal used in its power plants. In 2010, a Kuwait Fund loan was secured to help create the Neelum Jhelum hydropower plant 100km northwest of Islamabad.