| 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 | Geographic Information System |
| GIZ | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Germany) |
| HoAI | Horn of Africa Initiative |
| IAIDA | Institutional Architecture for 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 |
| 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 |
