SSA E/Access (IFC-602685)

Countries
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Mozambique
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Active
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Dec 18, 2018
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
DFID
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
  • Technical Cooperation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Advisory Services
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
Not Disclosed
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Jun 10, 2020

Disclosed by Bank May 14, 2020

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to bank provided information, IFC will provide high level strategic and implementation support to DFID in the following fourteen countries: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Senegal, to develop the commercial market for solar off-grid lighting and energy products.


The project consists of two components: (i) Quality assurance; and (ii) High-level strategic advisory.

COMPONENT 1: QUALITY ASSURANCE
The objective of this component is to create a foundation for the solar off-grid markets by (i) undertaking a revision of overall quality policy framework for solar home systems in-country including provision of technical support for the adoption of harmonized standards; and (ii) Development of in-country test laboratories.

COMPONENT 2: HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGIC ADVISORY
The objective of this component is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the ACE program by sharing insights and best practice from the Lighting Africa/Global programs. This support falls under two (2) distinct areas: (i) Support DFID in the initial design phase; (ii) Strategic advisory role to DFID and its implementing partners over the lifetime of the ACE program.

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