IFC – African PPP opportunity pipeline

• Conduct a retrospective analysis of Africa’s PPP market, identifying key trends and success factors
• Support IFC in prioritizing a focused pipeline of high-potential PPP opportunities, aligned with its strategic and sectoral priorities
• Assess the relevance and readiness of selected opportunities in line with market maturity and IFC’s advisory value added

Key Achievements

• Consolidation of a comprehensive PPP database, covering 900+ projects across Africa over 25 years
• Delivery of a retrospective market synthesis, analyzing key trends, structural patterns, and success/failure drivers of PPPs in Africa, based on a combined quantitative and qualitative approach
• Targeted consultations with African PPP Units, leveraging Infra Gestion’s network to gather field-level insights and identify credible opportunities
• Selection and structuring of a focused PPP pipeline (15–20 projects), prioritized based on highest potential, alignment with IFC’s strategic objectives, and consistency with historical success factors

Expertise and added value

• Identifying of historical PPP trends and success patterns, translating retrospective market analysis into actionable selection criteria for future projects
• Leveraging Infra Gestion’s African PPP network to access key field-level insights and identify off-market or early-stage opportunities not yet visible in public pipelines
• Multi-dimensional project prioritization framework, combining institutional maturity, sector dynamics, transaction readiness, risk profile, and alignment with IFC’s strategic objectives