Egypt's PM Sherif Ismail witnessed Thursday the signing of an agreement with the African Development Fund (ADF) to get $ 500 million as the initial tranche of a total loan of $ 1.5 billion. Minister of International Cooperation, Sahar Nasr signed the agreement on behalf of the Egyptian government. The loan has an interest rate of 1.02% and will be repaid within 20 years with a five year grace period.