Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Most Sub-Saharan African countries try to promote rural electrification through both centralized and decentralized approaches. This guide focuses on the decentralized approach, providing practical…

Nigeria requires over US$3 trillion in infrastructure investment over the next 30 years. InfraCredit, established in 2017 by GuarantCo and the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA),…

Agribusiness provides smallholder farmers and women with economic opportunities, creates jobs and contribute to overall economic prosperity. IFC focuses on three key strategic objectives:…

Based on the Benchmarking Infrastructure Development report, this blog examines how three countries have approached PPP program development. The PPP programs in Colombia, Kenya, and the…

The success of the urban water reform in Burkina Faso stems largely from a combination of competent public management at ONEA, sustained commitment from the government, strong financial support from…

The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) recognizes that many governments around the world have turned to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to design, finance, build, and operate infrastructure…

On Wednesday 24 March 2021, The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) held the second webinar in its series of PPP webinars for Anglophone Africa. The objective of the webinar was to explore the use…

People-First PPPs (PfPPPs) set out a clear statement that out of all the project stakeholders, people should be the priority and main beneficiary. The focus of PfPPPs should be in increasing access…

The imperative for leveraging Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to meet the infrastructure development challenges in Africa is no longer a point of dispute. The African Development Bank estimates…

The blog introduced the development of PPP laws in Africa.

The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) has developed country profiles to assess the progress of developing PPP legal frameworks in individual African nations. Furthermore, the ALSF has also…

This handbook of PPPs and infrastructure is provided by the ALSF Academy, prepared by Norton Rose Fulbright.

This report addresses four areas for which PPPs may serve as useful tools to governments in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.

Zambia and Zimbabwe have experienced food security emergencies of varying severity, mainly caused by drought and floods in some areas.

The Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB), with support from the Water and Sanitation Program, is exploring the potential for urban water services providers (WSPs) to access medium-term finance…

In August 2016, Kenya enacted the Access to Information Act.

Find general information, legal and regulatory frameworks and examples of projects structured as PPP in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

As part of its Vision 2030, the Government of Kenya (GOK) sought to cultivate its business-process outsourcing (BPO) sector and related IT-enabled services (ITES) and looked to develop a multimedia…

IFC advised the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) to design and tender new full-service telecom licenses and associated spectrum and, in May 2021, the country…

The Waste Act came into effect on 1 July 2009.

Namibian Electricity Act 2007, amended in 2016 (Net Metering Rules)

Arene is an energy regulatory authority responsible for overseeing and regulating the electricity, natural gas, and liquid fuels sectors. Its mandate is to ensure that the energy industry operates in…

The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF or Facility) is an international organisation hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Africa Project Development Facility (APDF) was established to respond to the need for project preparation and assistance to African entrepreneurs. The Facility’s mandate is to work with…

Various Laws and Regulations that Comprise Framework for Municipal PPPs