| ADF |
African Development Fund |
| AfDB |
African Development Bank |
| AFD |
Agence Française de Développement (France) |
| AICD |
Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic |
| AIKP |
Africa Infrastructure Knowledge Programme |
| AMCOW |
African Ministers' Council on Water |
| AU |
African Union |
| BMZ |
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) |
| COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| CSI |
Core Sector Indicators |
| DFID |
Department for International Development (UK) |
| EAC |
East African Community |
| EC |
European Commission |
| ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
| EIB |
European Investment Bank |
| EU-ITF |
European Union Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund |
| G8 |
Group of Eight (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK, USA) |
| G20 |
Group of Twenty (G8 countries, plus Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey) |
| GIS |
Global Information System |
| GIZ |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Germany) |
| HoAI |
Horn of Africa Initiative |
| IAIDA |
Institutional Architecture of Infrastructure Development in Africa |
| ICA |
Infrastructure Consortium for Africa |
| ICT |
Information and Communications Technology |
| IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
| IGAD |
Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
| IPP |
Independent Power Producer |
| IRMA |
Initiative for Risk Mitigration in Africa |
| JICA |
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| KfW |
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Germany) |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| NEPAD |
New Partnership for Africa's Development |
| NSC |
North South Corridor |
| ODA |
Official Development Assistance |
| OSBP |
One-Stop Border Posts |
| PIDA |
Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa |
| PPFF |
Project Preparation Fund Finder |
| PPIAF |
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility |
| PPP |
Public-Private Partnership |
| RBO |
River Basin Organisation |
| REC |
Regional Economic Community |
| SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
| SBP |
Strategic Business Plan |
| TA |
Technical Assistant |
| ToR |
Terms of Reference |
| UNECA |
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| USD |
United States Dollar |
| VWG |
Virtual Working Group |
| WAPP |
West African Power Pool |
| WB |
World Bank |
| WP |
Water Platform |
| WSP |
Water and Sanitation Program |
