North South Corridor: Feasibility Studies and Design of the Rehabilitation of Five Selected Road Sections in Botswana, Malawi and Zimbabwe

Project involves the rehabilitation of nine road links along the North-South Corridor Aid for Trade Road Network, to bring them up to standard to facilitate the movement of goods and people across borders along eight countries in the region. IPPF would support preparation of NSC projects to a bankability stage, including detailed design, EIAs and preparation of bidding documents.   

East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy)

Objective of the project

To assist in the transaction analysis phase of the project as well as update the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to enable the project to reach financial closure and physical implementation. The EASSy is an initiative to construct and operate a submarine fiber-optic cable along the east coast of Africa to connect 20 coastal and land-locked countries to each other and to the rest of the world.

COMESA COMTEL

The objective of the project

To complete outstanding project development work: updating the feasibility study, undertaking due diligence with respect to the review of financial, technical and legal aspects of the project, and preparing a Project Information Memorandum (PIM) for presentation to public and private investors.

Machipanda railway rehabilitation project

To undertake environmental studies to ensure completeness of prerequisite studies for development of the project and provide comfort to financiers including the AfDB to proceed with the Corporate Loan transaction to provide capital for the planned investment. The expected deliverables are: (i) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA); (ii) Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) (iii) Resettlement Action Plan (RAP)
(iv) Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) for CFM The outputs expected are the complete set of study reports.