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From the Bottom Up: How Small Power Producers and Mini-Grids Can Deliver Electrification and Renewable Energy in Africa
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…
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InfraCredit - Unlocking Long Term Infrastructure Finance in Nigeria
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),…
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IFC Agribusiness
Agribusiness provides smallholder farmers and women with economic opportunities, creates jobs and contribute to overall economic prosperity. IFC focuses on three key strategic objectives:…
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Beyond regulations: Country paths to achieving PPP success
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…
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Corporatizing a water utility : a successful case using a performance-based service contract for ONEA in Burkina Faso
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…
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ALSF partners on Procuring Infrastructure Public Partnerships
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…
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Are Public-Private Partnerships a Panacea for Africa’s Digital Infrastructure Deficit?
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…
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People First Public Private Partnerships (PfPPPs) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs): an African perspective
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…
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Bringing Down the Barriers to Infrastructure Development in Africa
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…
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PPP laws in Africa: confusing or clarifying?
The blog introduced the development of PPP laws in Africa.
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PPPs and the frameworks surrounding them: A new comparison tool for 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…
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ALSF Academy Public-Private Partnerships and Infrastructure Handbook
This handbook of PPPs and infrastructure is provided by the ALSF Academy, prepared by Norton Rose Fulbright.
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COVID-19: Opportunities for African governments in the Public-Private Partnership
This report addresses four areas for which PPPs may serve as useful tools to governments in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.
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The Role of Strategic Grain Reserves in Enhancing Food Security in Zambia and Zimbabwe
Zambia and Zimbabwe have experienced food security emergencies of varying severity, mainly caused by drought and floods in some areas.
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Financing Urban Water Services in Kenya : Utility Shadow Credit Ratings
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…
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Access to Information Act
In August 2016, Kenya enacted the Access to Information Act.
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PPP Legal Framework Snapshot – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Find general information, legal and regulatory frameworks and examples of projects structured as PPP in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Kenya Konza Technology City (KMIP)
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…
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Ethiopia - Telecom Liberalization
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…
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Waste Act 59 of 2008
The Waste Act came into effect on 1 July 2009.
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Net Metering Rules 2016 (Namibia Electricity Act 2007)
Namibian Electricity Act 2007, amended in 2016 (Net Metering Rules)
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The Energy Regulatory Authority (ARENE)
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…
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PPP Country Profiles (ALSF)
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.
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Africa Project Development Facility
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…
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Various Laws and Regulations that Comprise Framework for Municipal PPPs
Various Laws and Regulations that Comprise Framework for Municipal PPPs