WAPP-APL4 (Phase 1): Cote d'Ivoire Liberia Sierra Leone and Guinea Regional Interconnector (WB-P163033)

Regions
  • Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Guinea
  • Ivory Coast
  • Liberia
  • Sierra Leone
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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
Nov 17, 2017
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
The West African Power Pool (WAPP) Secretariat
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 122.38 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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 126.98 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 @ WB website

Updated in EWS Feb 27, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Feb 1, 2017

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Project Description
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The development objectives of the Power Interconnection Project for Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea (CLSG) are: (i) to reduce the cost of and increase the electricity supply at utility level, and to increase the export capability of Cote d’Ivoire, and (ii) to increase the technical integration of the West African Power Pool (WAPP) network. The additional financing (AF) aims to fill a financing gap due to several factors of United States (U.S.) 104.9 million dollars of the WAPP CLSG power interconnection component to avoid delays in completing the line. It also provides U.S. 17.5 million dollars of AF for the WAPP integration and technical assistance component to scale up the impact of this component, and to fill a financing gap created by the fluctuations of the special drawing rights (SDR) and U.S. dollar exchange rate.

This project is part of the Programme for Infrastructure Development In Africa (PIDA)

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Name:Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy
Contact:Patrick Sendolo
Title:Directeur du Departement Techniques Industrielles et Exploit
Email:psendolo@yahoo.com

Name:Ministry of Energy
Contact:Henry Macauley
Title:Minister
Email:homacauley@energy.gov.sl

Name:The West African Power Pool (WAPP) Secretariat
Contact:Siengui Ki
Title:Secretary General
Email:kisiengui@ecowapp.org

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