Early Warning System

Regions

Africa

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Countries

South Sudan

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Specific Location

Northern Bahr-El-Ghazal and Western Bahr-El-Ghazal

Whenever identified, the area within countries where the impacts of the investment may be experienced. Exact locations of projects may not be identified fully or at all in project documents. Please review updated project documents and community-led assessments.

Financial Institutions

African Development Bank (AFDB)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

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

Sep 24, 2024

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

Government of South Sudan - Ministère du Commerce et de l’Industrie (MdCI)

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Industry and Trade
Law and Government
Technical Cooperation

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Grant

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 10.61 million

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.

Bank Documents

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AFDB website

Updated in EWS Jun 30, 2025

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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 the Bank’s website, the Project development objective is to strengthen the enabling environment for private sector growth and job creation. The specific objectives are: i) Provide livelihood, entrepreneurial skills and business development services for increased employability for youth and women, and enterprise growth; ii) Support micro and small enterprises (MSEs) development along key value chains through improved access to capital and markets; and iii) Strengthen coordination of MSE and private sector development.

The JMSE Project will be implemented in 2 States -Northern Bahr-El-Ghazal and Western Bahr-El-Ghazal. The selection of the states was informed by: (i) a high 10 percentage of the population who are vulnerable youth and displaced people needing skills development, livelihood support and sustainable return and reintegration; (ii) reasonable peace, security and accessibility of the states; and (iii) opportunities for sustainability, complementarity because of completed or on-going interventions funded by the Bank and/or other DPs, and higher impact.
The direct Project beneficiaries are(i) 1,060 youth (50% women) and 830 women who will be supported in establishing sustainable businesses through 63 VSLAs and 378 youth and women-led MSEs; (ii) 50 already existing early-stage youth-led MSEs (50% women-led) and 50 existing early-stage women-led MSEs will be supported to create at least two new jobs per MSE over the project cycle demonstrating its employability capacity; and (iii) Capacity building of 20 MoTI staff. The beneficiaries will include rural and urban youth and women.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

Environmental Category: [3] Low Risk

Investment Description

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African Development Bank (AFDB)

Finance Type: Standard grant
Commitments (UA): 8,000,000
Conversion Rate USD (2024-09-24): 1,32645

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Darlison KAIJA
Labour Economist / Migration JfYA, AHHD1
African Development Bank
d.kaija@afdb.org
www.afdb.org