WAPP Ghana-Burkina-Mali and Ghana-Cote d'Ivoire Interconnections Project (WB-P178923)

Countries
  • Ghana
  • Ivory Coast
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
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
A
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 2, 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
Governments of Ghana and Ivory Coast
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 Type(s)
Grant, Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 360.00 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.
Grant Amount (USD)
$ 55.00 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)
$ 415.00 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 Sep 24, 2023

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the Project Development Objective is to: (i) increase electricity trade between Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire; and (ii) to make the WAPP Information and Coordination Center fully operational.

The project entails the construction of a second cross-border interconnection between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, as well as the associated infrastructure and reinforcement of power transmission capacity at the national level to enable expanded and secure power exchanges. This second interconnection has been identified as a priority project by the WAPP Regional Master Plan. In particular, the line will complete the Coastal Transmission Backbone (CTB) that seeks to establish a 330 kV transmission network from Cote d’Ivoire to Nigeria passing through Ghana, Togo and Benin, enabling a major regional market between the five countries in the southern part of WAPP. Furthermore, with the new interconnection, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire will be able to share their reserves and thus improve the security of supply on both sides. With both countries being key net exporters into the WAPP market, the interconnection is expected to de-saturate power flows on existing infrastructure thereby facilitating increased power trade and at the same time contributing to improve the stability of the WAPP network particularly in the central and eastern areas. The project will also continue and strengthen World Bank’s assistance to WAPP and its agencies with the clear objective of addressing the most impending needs to advance the readiness of the regional power market.

 

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.
Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) Contractor -

Contact Information
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World Bank
Elvira Morella, Dhruva Sahai, Nicholas David Elms
Lead Energy Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient
Ministry of Energy
Hon. Matthew Opoku Prempeh
Minister
info@energymin.gov.gh

Ministry of Oil, Energy and Development of Renewable Energies
Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly
Minister
info@energie.gouv.ci

Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Adama Coulibaly
Minister, Ministry of Economy and Finance
c.infomef@finances.gouv.ci

Republic of Ghana
Ken Ofori-Atta
Minister, Ministry of Finance
info@mofep.gov.gh

Implementing Agencies
West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) Secretariat
Siengui Apollinaire Ki
General Secretariat
info@ecowapp.org

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE WORLD BANK

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