BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIESIN INFRASTRUCTURE(Transport, Energy and
Telecommunications Sectors)

Tokyo, Japan.
28th October, 2015

Mr. Ebrima NJIE
Commissioner for Infrastructure

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Why ECOWAS?
 Natural Resources Finance and resource
 Institutional & Capacity

2.

Investment Opportunities
 ECOWAS 5 - year strategic plan

3. On-going Activities : Priority Interventions
 Transport Energy
 ICT

 Comprises

15 Member States: (Benin, Burkina Faso,

Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea
Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger)

 Population: Over 300,000 million

 A region well endowed with mineral resources and Attractive
policies for private sector
 ECOWAS is rich mineral resources : Gold, Manganese, Copper,
Bauxite, Iron, Zinc, Nickel, Phosphates, Diamond, Uranium, etc..
 40% of the world’s Bauxite resources, 5% for uranium Large world-class iron deposit, 4% of the world’s iron resources GOLD is the major foreign exchange earner of the sector accounting for
84% of the USD 8.5 billion from export in 2010, followed by bauxite,
phosphate, uranium and diamonds
 Attractive national mining policies which strengthen foreign private
sector investment.
 Sector guided by regional and international institutions has allowed theopening of a significant number of mining operations and results insignificant weight in GDP and export earnings.

 Huge energy potential, in Hydropower (26,000 MW), Fossil fuels - oil,gas, coal (30% of proved reserves for each oil and gas in Africa),
Biomass, Solar (5 kWh/m2/day) and Wind energy (5-6 m/s), charcoal
and Uranium Coastal Countries with unequally huge potential in Fossil fueldistrubuted within ECOWAS Region (Nigeria only have 98% of oil
reserves of the region). The Traditional biomass consist of 80 % ofdomestic energy needs
 The access rate to energy is only 30% and 8% in rural area. The
Electricity consumption per capita in the region is one of the lowest in theworld (less than 150kWh per capita).Only 45% of the energy
requirements of the region is satisfied.

Adequate
investment
opportunities
tofinanceinfrastructure development especially in the transportand energy sub-sectors, caused by: Government Counterpart budgets and prioritisation;
 Adequate regional Policies, institutional, legal andregulatory frameworks to attract large regional andinternational private sector finance (through PPPs)
 Limitless potential for investment financing from thevast regional natural resource base Adequate knowledge base of the true resource base

Efficient Management Structures and Frameworks
 Policy, legal and regulatory frameworks and processes.
 Institutional structure and functioning; Resources management and operational efficiency;

 Requisite technical human resources for infrastructuredevelopment

Limitless regional dimensions to national infrastructuredevelopment strategies
 High national interest in regional infrastructure projects
 Adequate technical capacity for regional infrastructuredevelopment and management
 Project preparation and development

 The Infrastructure Department is guided by Goal 2 ofthe regional strategic plan, “To facilitate thedevelopment of
infrastructure for theattainment of a Competitive Business
Environment and Investment Capacities”
 Programmes, projects and activities are tailored
towards achieving this goal to promote integrationand support growth in regional trade and freemovement.
 These projects are in tandem with continental
infrastructure development agenda such as theAfrican Union (AU), PIDA (Programme forInfrastructure Development in Africa) for which
ECOWAS is the designated coordinator of projects inWest Africa

 Reduce cost and enhance provision of

infrastructure services
 Increase involvement of the private sector andpublic-private-partnerships in infrastructuredevelopment
 Secure adequate funding for infrastructure
projects - facilitate member states access tofunds, secure foreign capital and expertise Improve rural access to energy and energy
services
 Focus on multimodal transportation systems to
improve connectivity between member states

Infrastructureneededtomakeinvestment possible in hitherto “lockedup” or underexploited resources or
economic potential, for example inminerals,
agriculture,
tourism,manufacturing
andprocessing
industriesTrans Coastal, Dakar-Lagos  Trans Sahelian - Dakar –corridor missing links
Niamey-N’Djamena(PIDA) Nigeria ; Benin ;Togo ;Ghana;multimodal corridor (PIDA)
Cote d’Ivoire; Liberia; Sierra Leone; Guinea
Bissau; Guinea; The Gambia; Senegal
 Improvement of existing roads
Boke(Guinee) – Quebo (Guinee Bissau),
112 km

Senegal
315 kmMali
375 kmBurkina Faso 109 km
Niger
598 km

Construction of bad sections on the Abidjan-Lagos Section – World Bank

Rehabilitation of the Cotonou-Lome road – AfDB
Construction of the Trans-Gambia Bridge – AfDB

Construction of two roads in Senegal
Construction of two Joint Border Posts (Senegal & Gambia)

European Union 10th EDF Regional Indicative programme
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Phase I - Ghana 110km; Benin 17km; Togo 8km. Supervision, Technical Assistance & Road
SafetyConstruction of the Bandajuma to the Moa river bridge (45,2 km) – S. Leone-Liberia
Improvement/Construction of 3 bridges located over the Sewa, Waanje and Moa rivers in
Sierra Leone
Construction of Zinder- Nigeria Border Road (Niger-Nigeria)
Koupela Piega-Fada Gourma-Niger Border (Burkina Faso-Niger)

ECOWAS-AUC-AfDB Champion Infrastructure Program
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Dakar-Lagos missing links - Road
Cotonou-Niamey-Ouagadougou-Abidjan railway links
Dakar-Bamako-Ouangolodougou and Dosso(Niger)-Northen Nigeria railway links
Sambagalou dam and interconnection lines – OMVG
Fomi multipurpose dam – Guinea

OBJECTIVES To enhance movement of

persons, vehicles and goods
within the Community joint
controls in a single location
 To enhance the effectiveness ofborder controls
BENEFITS

Average border crossing time
reduced to 3 hours
Clearances for buses andpassenger cars halved
Freight times reduced quite
dramatically.
Pre-clearance possible throughinformation & equipment
sharingProject Update Architecturalandengineering
designs completed
 Construction ongoing on three (3)sites: Nigeria/Benin border, Togo
– Ghana and Benin – Niger border.

Next Steps Secure funding for remaining JBPs
 Bénin-Togo€16.00m
 Ghana-Côte d’Ivoire €20.00m
 Guinée-Mali€16.00m
 Ghana-Burkina Faso €16.00m

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ECOWAS Regional Supplementary
Act for JBPs submitted to ECOWAS
Parliament
Undertake study on detailed JBP
operational procedures manuals
customized for specific JBPs
Undertakedetailedbaselinestudiesofexisting
borders
controls
toinformthedevelopment of modified manuals
Undertakedetailed
training
programmes for border control
officials on the JBP scheme

Establishment of an Air Transport Legal Framework for
ECOWAS region
 Publish, awareness campaign and follow up of the implementation of the Air
Transport Supplementary Acts to sustain a Community Air Transport Market

Enhancement of Aviation Safety and Security

 Pooling of resources for Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA) capacity building
through an Unique Regional Aviation Safety Oversight Organization (RSOO)
and a Regional Pool of Experts for Aviation Security Regional in ECOWAS
region

Facilitating of a Viable Airline Industry in the regionProjects for the viability of the airline industry such as Aircraft Leasing
Company, Aircraft Maintenance Facility, Regional Air Transport Data
Base, enhance airport infrastructure and the creation of ECOWAS
Airlines cooperation (joint ventures, mergers, alliances, etc).

Aeronautical Cooperation
Implementation of the MoU of July 2012 with ECAC, the TechnicalAgreement signed on 17 October 2012 with WFP and Finalize draft Air
Services Agreements with EU and Brazil.

OBJECTIVE
 To enhance competitiveness of economy in the region by providing
affordable transport costs for agriculture and mining products and goods.
Master plan details
 ECOWAS Railway Master Plan developed in 2009, identifying 17 priority links
 Rehabilitation of 3,300 km existing railways
 Construction of 6,700 KM of new lines
Update Railway Route (Cotonou-Niamey-Ouagadougou-Abidjan Railway- 2,681 km)

Trans Coastal New Links
Niamey 839 km; Bougouni Ilaro - Pobé 23 km;
Mandiana-Kankan 261 km;
Segbohoue - Aného 49 km;
Tambacounda - Dabola 646
Lomé - Téma 147 km;
km; Man -MandianaPrestea - Abidjan 222 km
Kankan 576 km; Dimbokro
Rehabilitation link
-Diléya-Man- Sanniquellie
 Cotonou- Segbohoue 50
535 km; Ansongo - Dorikm
Kaya 363 km; Man -Diléya Aného-Lomé-Blitta 334 km
San Pedro 399 km
 Dakar - Bamako 1,150 km
Next Steps
Interconnection New
 Feasibility and detailed
links
studies to be undertaken
 Blitta-Pama-Fada Ngourma Funds Mobilization
Ouagadougou 783 km;
Blitta- Sokodé-Fada Gourma-ECOWAN Study on market analysis and business model ECOWAS Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan Lagos-Dakar Corridor missing links
 Development of airport infrastructure in West Africa
 Development of rural and peri-urban electrification in West Africa
 Development of a postal service Master Plan in West Africa
 Feasibility Studies for Railways new links
 Procurement of Construction Works: Joint Border Posts between Ghana
and Cote d’Ivoire
 Study for Extension of gas pipeline project Feasibility study for Rural Electrification
 Study for ECOWAS Energy Policy
 Feasibility Study for new Joint border posts construction
 Feasibility study for the construction of the regional broadband
infrastructure including right of way for landlocked countries tosubmarine cables
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN ECOWAS ENERGY SECTOR
Under the implementation of this strategy,
several institutions and agencies was createdin the energy sector to complement theCommission’s efforts

 The West African Power Pool
(WAPP)o Established in July 2006, the WAPP is the
specialised institution for identifying priority
energy exchange projects aimed at increasing
the region’s autonomy in the energy sector. It
is also responsible for mainstreaming national
electricity grids into a regional electricity
market and enhancing the sharing of regionalenergy resources through interconnections.
o It is endowed withcoordination centre.

aninformationando The WAPP has developed a Master Plan forenergy generation, transmission anddistribution 2012-2025 adopted in February
2012 by the Heads of States

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN ECOWAS ENERGY SECTOR
Under the WAPP master plan, the priority projects are described in the table below :Project Title

StatusCost(Euros)225 kV Guinea - Mali
Interconnection

Pre-investment studies on preparation withfunding from the ADB, Planned to becompleted in December 2015.

286 millions

225 kV Ghana Burkina Faso - Mali
Interconnection

The additional pre-investment studies arebeing financed by the Fund Fudiciare EU-A
through AFD and will be completed in
March 2016

213 millions

330 kV Nigeria-Niger –Benin/Togo-Burkina
Faso Interconnection
Project- A feasibility study was prepared in 2007. - The update of these studies is in progresson NEPAD-IPPF funding and will becompleted in July 2016

490 millions

330 kV Nigeria – Benin
Interconnection
Reinforcement ProjectPre-investment studies will begin during
first Quarter 2016, be finances by IPPFNEPAD

43 millions

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN ECOWAS ENERGY SECTOR
Under the WAPP master plan, the priority projects are described in the table below :Project Title

StatusCost(Euros)280 MW Hydropower
project Koukoutamba
Guinée- Feasibility studies are finalized
700 millions- Tender document are developed- Recruitment of the consultants for thecomplementary studies for roads andenvironmental impact studies are on goingand financed by AfDB

450 MW Maria Gleta
Power Generation
Facility (Benin)- A private developer was selected through 652 millions
a international tender- Feasibility studies are underway and arescheduled for completion in June 2016

450 MW DomunliPower Generation
Facility (Ghana)- A private developer was selected through 652 millions
a international tender- Feasibility studies are underway and arescheduled for completion in June 2016

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN ECOWAS ENERGY SECTOR
 The West African Gas Pipeline(WAGP)o Transport natural gas from Nigeria to Benin, Togo
and Ghana for the power generation andindustrial needso Started in 2005, the first operation begins in 2011o 678 km of length, with a capacity of 478 Mbtu/day Extension of the gas
pipeline
networkto
ECOWAS others countries
costal and inland Feasibility
Studiesareunderway and to be completedin august 2016
 Opportunyfortheconstruction of the gas
network extension and gas
supply in the network

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN ECOWAS ENERGY SECTOR ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy andEnergy Efficiency (ECREEE)
oThe ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficiency (ECREEE) was established at Praia, Cape Verde in July 2010 todevelop the regional market for renewable energy and energy efficiency
with the aim of increasing access to modern energy services and security
that is environmentally benign.
oIn the strategic plan for development of renewable energy in 2020, we
identified 60 projects sites (wind, photovoltaic, biomass and hydraulicpico-micro) with a total potential capacity of 3600 MW for a financing needis about 1500 million US dollars.

oObjectives are to increase the contribution of Renewable Energy (included
large hydro) in the global energy mix to 35% in 2020, and 48% in 2030

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN ECOWAS ENERGY SECTOR
The priority projects of ECREEE under the master plan
Project Title

StatusCost(Keuros)

Biomasse plant 6MW Benin – Euro
Negoce Industrie

Feasibility achieved, development phase

15,000Competititive Boot 1, 10 MW PV
Burkina Faso

Feasibility achieved, development phase

20,000Brava 100% Renewable (wind andsolar) 3,45 MW Cap vert

Pre Feasibility stage

19,916

Bandama HydroPower 44 MW,
Côte d’Ivoire

Feasibility achieved, development phase

110,000

12 MW Solar PV Gambia

Feasibility phase

24,0006MW Biomass based power
generation project, Ghana

Pre Feasibility phase

18,000Hydroelectric plant Salthino, 19
MW Guinea Bissau

Pre Feasibility phase

57,475

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN ECOWAS ENERGY SECTOR
Project Title

StatusCost(Keuros)

20 MW Solar plant Khoumaguély(Kindia) Guinée

Pre Feasibility phase

40,000Mein Small hydro unit 1,5 MW Liberia

Feasibility phase

3,600

50 MW Solar PV plant Mali

Feasibility achieved, development phase 100,000

20 MW Solar PV Plant Niger

Feasibility achieved, development phase 40,000

Small-Scaled Off-Grid and -Mini-Grid
Solar Project, 17,8 MW Nigeria

Pre Feasibility phase

150 MW wind plant Taiba Ndiaye,
SenegalFeasibility achieved, development phase 244,275

6 MW Solar park Freetown, Liberia

Feasibility achieved, development phase 13,846

5 MW PV Togo

Feasibility achieved, development phase 10,000

73,957

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN ECOWAS ENERGY SECTOR

 Development of rural and peri-urban electrification inwest africao To develop a master plan at short, medium and long term for thedevelopment of rural and periurban electrification for the 15 ECOWAS
countries taking into account the countries specificities and the various
technological options.
o Creation of a regional coordination mechanism for the implementationof the master plan and speed up the rural and periurban electrificationin the region.
o Studies are ongoing and will be completed in first quarter 2016.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIVATE SECTOR TO PARTICIPATE
TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION BY
NEW MECHANISM OF PARTENARIAT

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN ECOWAS ENERGY SECTOR

 Support Capacity building / Reopening of theInterafrican Electrical Engineering College (IEEC)o Created in 1979, the college was closed in 2000.
o Provide electricity companies immediately operational graduatesengineer.
o Encourage and promote inter-regional cooperation through the mixingof students from many African countries as part of a bilingual teaching
English / French.

o Investment cost : 2 300 000 Euros.
Opportunity to contribute to the training of youth african
to meet future energy challenges and contribute to thedevelopment of a research and technological excellence
center in the energy sector in Africa

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ECOWAS WIDE AREA NETWORK(ECOWAN) - public sector egovernancecomputer
network,
connecting all ECOWAS institutions,
Governments
andaffiliatedorganizations. Cost - US$130m

Benefits to ECOWAS
 Enhance
knowledge
sharingandregional integration
 Secure communication, administrationand financial transactions portal.

COMMUNICATION (R3C) – The
connectivity of the Heads of Stateand Government, Foreign Affairs
ministries, ECOWAS Institutions
and fee paying applications
 ALISA – Customs connectivity andtransaction support
 RVAIS – Regional Vehicle
Administration Information system
 WAMI – connectivity for national
central banks enabling real-time
financial transaction support

The Project comprises:
Update Fibre-optic connectivity within a
 The Gambia and Sierra Leone have bothcountry (Middle Mile connectivity)
signed loan agreements with the Islamic Cross-border connectivity
Development Bank (IsDB) for the Last Mile (end-user)
implementation of the project .
connectivity
 IsDB has also indicated interest to Capacity building
finance the implementation project in Core Applications to be deployedother IsDB member countries
 THE
REGIONAL
CONTROL,
COMMAND
ANDIndividual country

Senegal-Mali-B/Faso-Togo link

Coastal corridor

Niger-Benin link

CV-Senegal-Mali-Cote d’Ivoire link

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water resources;
increasing GDP;high Agricultural yields;
Politically stable environment
Accessibility to the World (especially Asia); andEstablished Transport (Road, maritime and Air) ,Energy, and ICT Policies

The prospects of investing in the ECOWAS region is
massive considering the Infrastructural requirements
needed on the Regional and National Levels toimprove the living condition of the people in theregion.

Thank you
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