Publication date: 9 January 2020
Submission date: 31 January 2020
Category: Consultancy
Country: Abidjan
Entity: African Development Bank
Description: The African Development Bank hereby invites consulting firms to indicate their interest for the implementation of specific activities supported by the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA). The SEFA fund was established in 2011 to facilitate sustainable, private sector led economic growth in African countries through efficient utilization of presently untapped renewable energy resources. Guided by the New Deal on Energy for Africa (NDEA), the AfDB has committed to facilitating efforts aimed at achieving universal access to energy by 2025, to supporting Africa’s transition to green growth pathways and to play a lead role in advising Regional Member Countries on adopting a more holistic approach to achieving sustainable energy systems that are cost effective, reliable, affordable, and appropriate from an environmental standpoint. Against this context, SEFA was converted into a Special Fund (SEFA 2.0) on the 31st October 2019 to further scale-up sustainable energy investments in Africa. The objectives of SEFA 2.0 include building capacity of local and regional actors (public and private), reducing risks and addressing commercial viability gaps to accelerate sustainable energy investments by the private sector in Africa.
