The NEPAD-Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) fifteen years’ anniversary report presents the achievements of the Special Fund during its first fifteen years of existence. The NEPAD-IPPF wishes to acknowledge and to thank the Oversight Committee (OC) for its policy direction and continuous guidance throughout the years.
The Nepad-IPPF wants to thank all NEPAD-IPPF Donors: Canada, Germany, Spain, UK, Denmark, Norway, and AfDB for their continued support. Appreciations are equally extended to all the organizations, development partners, stakeholders, Regional Economic Communities and Specialized Institutions, with which NEPAD-IPPF enjoyed excellent engagements at both strategic and operational levels: East African Community (EAC), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Interstates Governmental Agency for Development (IGAD), Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS), Central Corridor-Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA), South African Power Pool (SAPP), Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP), Central African Power Pool (CAPP), West African Power Pool (WAPP), Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM), African Union Commission (AUC), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), AUDA-NEPAD, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO), Africa50, United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Global Infrastructure Hub (GIH), Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF), Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), AfreximBank, West African Development Bank (BOAD), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
This is also the place to recognize efforts of all the people without whom the great achievements presented in this report would have not been possible.
The NEPAD-IPPF also recognizes the leadership of all the AfDB’s Vice-Presidents Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration (OIVP) who supported the Special Fund since its inception: Mr. Mandla Gantsho, Mr. Bobby Pittman, Mr. Gilbert Mbesherubusa, Mr. Solomon Asamoah, and the Vice-Presidents Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization (PIVP): Mr. Pierre Guislain and Mr. Solomon Quaynor.
The Fund also wishes to recognize past Directors: Georges Taylor-Lewis, Rosalind Thomas, Philibert Afrika, Sylvain Maliko, Moono Moputola, and current Director Amadou Oumarou for the managerial oversight of the activities of the Fund during the past 15 years. The Directors’ role has been crucial in ensuring that the Fund is run smoothly and that it delivers on its mandate.
NEPAD-IPPF make special thanks to the past Fund Managers: Inni Urua, Lamin Barrow, Bamory Traore, Ralph Olaye, Mamady Souare, Shem Shimubuya, and the current Fund Manager, Mike Salawou, for their relentless day to day efforts and management of the activities of the Fund to ensure it delivers its objectives, achieves operational efficiency and maintains a highly performing portfolio of projects and keep donors actively engaged on the Funds activities.
