
Joint Project Preparation Facility Workshop
One of the challenges that has impeded Africa’s economic development is the lack of a steady supply of investment ready projects that the private sector can finance. This is attributed to the limited number of project preparation facilities available on the continent with the financial capacity and technical wherewithal to avail this critical intervention. In response to this, Afreximbank developed the Joint Project Preparation Facility (JPPF) Workshop.
The JPPF workshop aims to raise awareness of the critical role that project preparation plays in de-risking projects and to provide a broad overview of project preparation activities. The workshop is targeted at JPPF partners and third-party entities keen to understand how they can collaborate with the Bank to establish project preparation facilities.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Understand the key initiatives supported by Afreximbank to promote industrialization and export develop on the continent.
• Identify the sectors that have the highest potential in terms of industrialization and export development.
• Identify the challenges for achieving an industrialization-led economic transformation on the continent.
• Explore the key opportunities presented under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement for value-added and export-oriented manufacturers.
• Understand the role that, a pan-African development institution, such as, Afreximbank plays in identifying and preparing bankable projects.
• Assess the key policy issues that need to be put in place to encourage private sector participation and investment.
• Present the key instrument risk mitigation that can be introduced to minimize early investment risk.
• Communicate the type of support provided by Afreximbank to the JPPF Partners in the upscaling of their project preparation activities.