NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility

NEPAD-IPPF, a multi-donor Special Fund hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), supports African countries to prepare bankable regional infrastructure projects in energy, transport, ICT and trans-boundary water.  Current donors include Canada, Germany, the UK, Spain, Norway and Denmark.  

NEPAD-IPPF works to address the lack of investment-ready projects in Africa.  Its 4 core strategic objectives are informed by the new Strategic Business Plan (SBP), 2016-2020 and are, to:

• Increase the availability of viable well-prepared regional and continental infrastructure projects, by supporting project stakeholders to prepare high-quality projects; 
• Enhance collaboration among project stakeholders and project financiers to facilitate the identification and mobilisation of project implementation financing; 
• Enhance the financial sustainability of project preparation for regional infrastructure, by diversifying the sources and modalities of regional project preparation financing;
• Increase development impact of project preparation by mainstreaming climate change and adaptability; fragility and resilience; gender empowerment; and job creation and business linkages.

Grants and transitioning to a blend of grants and cost-recovery to better respond to the needs of emerging private sector infrastructure developers across Africa

Regional and continental infrastructure projects aligned to the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) and Regional Infrastructure Master Plans of RECs, Power Pools and Corridor Agencies.

Usually from US$500,000 to US$5m, but there is no definitive minimum or maximum as the actual funding depends on the specific project and larger projects can be done on a co-financing basis with other partners. 

The NEPAD-IPPF Special Fund has mobilised and committed nearly US$92m for the period 2005-2015 and seeks to mobilise US$160m-250m for the period 2016-2020 and to further leverage this funding through co-financing with other facilities and institutions supporting infrastructure development in Africa.

African governments, RECs and Specialised Regional Infrastructure Development Institutions (SRIDI).  Projects proposed by private sector developers/sponsors are also eligible for NEPAD-IPPF grant funding provided they are adopted, supported and owned by an African government, REC or SRIDI and are aligned to continental and regional infrastructure master plans.

Continent-wide; regional; national with regional impact

Studies:  Prefeasibility and feasibility studies; detailed engineering designs; financial, economic, environmental and social impact assessments; market studies.

Transaction Advisory Services:  Due diligence, transaction analysis and project structuring/packaging including PPP; pre-contract services including preparation and revision of tender documents, launching, processing, evaluation of bids and contracts negotiations.

Project Marketing and Fund raising:  Technical assistance in the preparation and delivery of workshops, road shows, seminars and conferences involving stakeholders, investors and lenders to mobilize implementation financing.