📋 Tender Overview
Approval Date 11 Dec 2023
Signature Date 03 Jan 2024
Planned Completion Date 31 Dec 2027
Last Disbursement Planned Date 31 Dec 2028
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign Sovereign
Sector Power
DAC Sector Code 23220
Environmental Category: 3 Climate Safeguards Categorization: 3
Fragility Lens Assessment: Yes Gender Marker System Categorization: GEN IV
Commitment U.A 4,060,000
Status Approved
Project General Description
The Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) Institutional Capacity Building Project is a multinational project covering the Eastern Africa region. To address the energy challenges within the region, the EAPP – General Secretariat, on behalf of the member countries, has mobilized technical support and financial resources from Development Partners including the Bank, to develop the institutional capacity and to procure and install the necessary soft infrastructure such as Energy Information System (EIS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition/Energy Management System (SCADA/EMS) to operationalize a regional power-trade market through real-time monitoring and coordination of a regional power market data and information, and develop a regional green financing strategy. The project has four components: i) Institutional Capacity building. This component will finance the design, development, supply and installation of the SCADA/EMS infrastructure and the implementation of the EIS; ii) institutional Support to Independent Regulatory Board, this component will provide support to make the Independent Regulatory Board (IRB) fully operational at its designated Headquarters in Kampala, Uganda. iii) Developing a regional Green Finance Strategy, this component will support a needs assessment for a green financing mechanism, and the development of a regional green financing strategy for the entire EAPP region; an iv) Project Management, this component will support the recruitment of consultants to strengthen the capacity of the project implementation unit (PIU) to manage the operation.
Project Objectives
The objective of the project is to strengthen Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) institutional capacity to establish and manage a grid coordination platform for regional power trade, with the ultimate goal of increasing access to reliable, sustainable and affordable green electricity in the Eastern Africa (EA) region.
Beneficiaries
The direct beneficiaries of the capacity-building activities are the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) and the utilities from the 13 EAPP Member Countries. These benefits will trickle down to electricity users in the EAPP Member countries who will benefit from enhanced access to reliable and affordable power since a competitive regional pool is expected to lead to a reduction in the cost of energy.
Participating Organization
Funding African Development Fund
Implementing EASTERN AFRICAN POWER POOL (EAPP)
