Financial Advice and Structuring
Climate/ Blended/ Sustainable Finance
The climate finance ecosystem today is cluttered and fragmented. The ‘supply-side’ in climate finance– development banks, funds, UN system actors and others – have put in place significant resources to help developing countries scale-up climate investment. However, developing countries' governments and the private sector – the ‘demand-side’ – often struggle to navigate these options and access support. There can many similar ‘supply-side’ initiatives addressing a particular issue, creating clutter and fragmentation. Each has their own criteria, requirements, and process. The result is an inefficient, and often ineffective, climate finance ecosystem.
Water and Sanitation
Potable Water
Desalination
Waste Water
Although access to water supply and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa has been steadily improving over the past two decades, the region still lags behind all other developing regions. Access to improved water supply has increased from 49% in 1990 to 60% in 2008, while access to improved sanitation has only risen from 28% to 31%.
(AfDB, Oct.'16)
Renewable Energy
SHP (run-of-river)
Solar PV (Utility scale)
Biomass (CHP)
Off-Grid/ Mini-Grid
"In Africa today, more than 600 million people live without electricity. In fact, fewer than one in five Africans was connected to the power grid in 2012, and despite a modest increase from 32 % to 35% between 2010 and 2012, the rate of electrification continues to be too slow to keep pace with the rapid population growth on the continent."
(World Bank, Feb.'17)
Renewable Energy
SHP (run-of-river)
Solar PV (Utility scale)
Biomass (CHP)
Off-Grid/ Mini-Grid
"In Africa today, more than 600 million people live without electricity. In fact, fewer than one in five Africans was connected to the power grid in 2012, and despite a modest increase from 32 % to 35% between 2010 and 2012, the rate of electrification continues to be too slow to keep pace with the rapid population growth on the continent."
(World Bank, Feb.'17)
Transportation
Roads
Railways
Rivers
Seaports
Currently the cost of transporting goods in in Sub-Saharan Africa is the highest in the world (AfDB,2013). Though wages are very low, the lack of reliable provision of roads in all regions of SSA, seaports and other transport infrastructure makes it is extremely difficult for African industries to compete in the global market.