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Regional/ Multi-country Programs
| Project | Project Objective |  | Partner |
Microfinance Initiative for Sub Saharan Africa
| To build strong commercial microfinance institutions and tailor products to meet the needs of Africa’s underserved regions.
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| Investment Climate Team for Africa | To strengthen investment climate reform in the region, by providing assistance to governments in implementing reforms. | | FIAS |
| Efficient Securities Markets Initiative | To develop well functioning securities markets in Africa. | | Sweden |
| Africa MSME Finance Program | To deepen and broaden the financial sector and raise the standard of financial services provided to micro, small and medium enterprises | | IFC |
| Lighting Africa Initiative | To provide millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa with access to non-fossil based, low cost, safe and reliable lighting products with associated basic energy services. | | IFC, World Bank, Global Environment Facility |
| Africa Credit Bureau Program | To complete the development of a demand-driven SME credit scoring tool for financial institutions in the region. | | IFC |
| IFC PEP Africa Village Phone Program | To broaden access to telephony services for underserved communities in Africa by linking major telecoms companies and rural entrepreneurs. | | USTDA |
| SME Entrepreneurship Development Initiative | To assist African entrepreneurs in developing bankable business plans and raising finance for new project investments, expansions and modernizations. | | Denmark, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, IFC |
| SME Access to Regional Tourism Program | To strengthen small and medium enterprises in the tourism sector in Sub Saharan Africa, by improving market access, and firm competitiveness. | | WHL |
| Global Trade Finance Program | To strengthen institutional capacity for trade finance operations in frontier markets in the region. | | IFC |
| IFC Against AIDS | To accelerate the involvement of private enterprises in the fight against HIV/AIDS | | IFC |
| Gender Entrepreneurship Markets | To identify and assess legal and administrative constraints facing women business entrepreneurs in Africa | | Netherlands |
| Small Scale Infrastructure Program | To support private participation in the delivery of social infrastructure | | IFC |
Botswana
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Botswana International University of Science and Technology | To advise the government of Botswana on a project to develop a new science and technology university through a public private partnership | IFC |
| Doing Business Better in Burkina Faso | To improve key areas of investment climate to meet the standards measured by the Doing Business indicators | Switzerland |
Burkina Faso
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Doing Business Better in Burkina Faso | To improve key areas of investment climate to meet the standards measured by the Doing Business indicators | Switzerland |
Cameroon
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Cameroon Leasing Program | To propose a regulatory framework that will support the development of the country’s leasing industry. | Spain |
| Cameroon Business Forum | To establish a public private forum to support investment climate reforms. | Belgium |
Chad
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Chad Business Forum | To establish a public private forum to support investment climate reforms. | FIAS |
| Chad SME Program | To support SME development in the country through an integrated program that provides skills development, business linkages, advisory services and capacity building. | IBRD, IDA |
Democratic Republic of Congo
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| DRC SME Program | To support SME development in the country through an integrated program that provides skills development, business linkages, advisory services and capacity building. | Japan |
Ethiopia
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Ethiopia Business Forum | To establish a public private forum to support investment climate reforms. | FIAS |
Ghana
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Ghana Leasing Program | To develop the country’s leasing industry to increase financing options for small and medium enterprises | Switzerland |
| IDA MSME Program | To provide capacity building and access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises. | World Bank |
| Ghana Private Schools Support Program | To expand facilities of private schools and improve their skills in education management | Denmark, Netherlands, Norway |
| Ghana Primary Mortgage Market Initiative | To support the development of modern mortgage lending practices, and strengthen institutions that support the mortgage market | Switzerland |
Kenya
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Growth Oriented Women Entrepreneurs Program | To enhance the economic growth and contribution of women by facilitating access to finance and relevant business development services. | African Development Bank |
| SME Solution Center | To provide SMEs with a one stop shop facility providing financing, capacity building, skills development, and access to information. | IFC |
| Kenya Private Schools Support Program | To support private schools in the country to expand their capacity to reenf students and improve their overall management and ability to deliver quality education. | Japan |
| Kenya Reform Program | To support the government of Kenya in identifying and implementing reforms to improve the investment climate in the country. | FIAS |
Lesotho
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Lesotho Hospital | To advise the government of Lesotho on a project to bid out a concession to build and operate a new public hospital by a PPP partner. | Netherlands |
Liberia
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Liberia Private Sector Development Program | To devise a private sector development agenda for the government of Liberia based on an examination of the existing investment climate | IFC |
| Monrovia Power | To advise the government of Liberia on a project to rebuild Monrovia’s power sector, through private sector participation in the sector.. | IFC |
Madagascar
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Madagascar Export Program | To help exporting SMEs meet international exporting standards, enhance their technical capacity, and better understand their markets | France |
| Madagascar Leasing | To develop the country’s leasing and factoring industry, thereby improving financing options for small and medium enterprises | IFC |
| Madagascar Doing Business Program | To support the government in identifying and implementing reforms to improve the investment climate in the country. | FIAS |
| SME Solution Center | To provide SMEs with a one stop shop facility providing financing, capacity building, skills development, and access to information. | IFC |
| Madagascar Eco-Tourism Investmen Program | To advise the government of Madagascar on measures to improve the country’s business enabling environment for tourism, and facilitate quality private sector investment into eco-tourism facilities. | FIAS |
Mali
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Mali Investment Climate Reform Program | To implement regulatory and institutional reforms in the agribusiness, tourism and mining sectors, in order to stimulate private investment | FIAS |
Mozambique
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Mozambique Anchor Tourism Investment Program | To stimulate growth and investment in the country’s tourism sector through pro-active project development in selected tourism zones. | Belgium |
| Mozambique Linkages Program | To build local SME capacity to take advantage of existing procurement supply opportunities from larger industrial and mining companies in Mozambique. | IFC |
Nigeria
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Nigeria Corporate Governance Program | To improve corporate governance in Nigeria’s financial sector. | |
| Nigeria Oil Fabrication SME Linkages Program | To strengthen and improve local companies with the potential to grow into competitive, quality certified fabricators that are able to handle projects for the oil and gas industry in Nigeria | Norway, Nigeria |
| Nigeria Doing Business Program | To support the government of Nigeria in identifying and implementing reforms to improve the investment climate at sub national level. | FIAS |
Rwanda
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Rwanda CEDP Leasing Program | To support the development of the leasing market by creating a progressive legal, regulatory, and tax framework. | Rwanda, Netherlands |
| Rwandaair Privatization | To help the government to identify and execute strategic options for the privatization of Rwandair | USTDA |
| Rwanda Entrepreneurship Development Program | To strengthen entrepreneurship and small enterprise development in Rwanda. | Japan, Belgium |
| Rwanda Investment Climate Program | To improve the regulatory environment, build institutions, and attract private sector participation in key sectors, where Rwanda has a comparative advantage. | FIAS |
Sierra Leone
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Sierra Leone Business Forum | To improve the regulatory environment, build institutions, and promote public-private dialogue. | United Kingdom, FIAS |
South Africa
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| South Africa SME Banking Program | To increase access to finance for small and medium enterprises in South Africa, by working financial institutions, credit reporting companies, and local business development service providers. | Switzerland |
| IFC Thandi Land Reform Program | To assist previously disadvantaged communities – in particular black farmers and farm workers to own equity stakes in South African fruit farming entities. The program further supports participating farmers to gain access to global markets. | Capespan, Netherlands |
| Lonmin-IFC Partnership | To support Lonmin Plc in achieving world class safety and efficiency throughout its mining operations, and to assist the company in implementing programs to promote sustainable economic development in the area surrounding its mining operations in South Africa. | Lonmin Plc |
Sudan
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Sudan Investment Climate Reform | To review the investment climate, and implement a program to assist the country implement its reform program. | FIAS |
Tanzania
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Tanzania Leasing Program | To develop the leasing industry in Tanzania, thereby improving financing options for small and medium enterprises | Switzerland |
Uganda
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Uganda Primary Mortgage Market Initiative | To support the development of modern mortgage lending practices, and strengthen institutions that support the mortgage market | Denmark, Netherlands, African Development Bank |
Zambia
| Project | Project Objective | Partner |
| Copperbelt SME Supplier Development Program | To improve local SME’s ability to meet industry procurement requirements and diversity the SME market through partnerships with other mining companies | Ireland |
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