EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund
| Title | EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund |
| E-mail, phone number and mailing address | EU-Africa Infrastructure TrustFund Tel: (+352) 4379 86108 Email: eu-africa-itf@eib.org |
| Facility URL | www.eu-africa-infrastructure-tf.net/ |
| Facility Objectives | Created in 2007, the aim of the EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (EU-AITF) is to promote increased investment in infrastructure projects in Sub-Saharan Africa – both in projects with a regional impact or national projects that support the Sustainable Energy For All (SE4ALL) objectives. The EU-AITF combines long-term investments from development finance institutions (loans, risk capital, etc) with grant monies to gain financial and qualitative leverage as well as project sustainability. EU-AITF donor contributions stem from the European Commission and from thirteen European Union member states. |
| Key activities | The EU-AITF offers:
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| Type of finance provided | Grants |
| Size of project supported | The size of infrastructure projects supported by EU-AITF grants is usually in the range of US$1,000,000 – US$600,000,000 |
| Range of funding provided (min/max) | There are no formal minimum or maximum requirements but grant funding is usually in the range of US$300,000 – US$35,000,000 per request |
| Beneficiaries supported | Public; private; public-private partnerships |
| Project type | Regional; cross-border; national |
| Project preparation phases supported | Enabling environment; project identification; project definition; project feasibility; project structuring; transaction support; post-implementation support. |
| Application process | As a blending instrument, EU-AITF grants are provided alongside long-term financing from a selected development finance institution (the “Financiers”). Only the EU-AITF Financiers are entitled to submit grant requests. Project promoters should therefore approach one of the EU-AITF Financiers with their project proposal. If interested, the Financier will discuss the proposal with the other Financiers. As a group, they form an opinion on the project and, if positive, submit the grant request to the group of EU-AITF Donors (the EU-AITF Executive Committee). The Committee ultimately takes a decision on EU-AITF grant funding. |
| Eligibility exclusions | Eligibility considerations for projects include:
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| Countries | Mauritania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
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