USAID: Call for Submission of Partnership Concept Papers to Support Power Africa Initiative

Deadline: 1 April 2016

The United States Agency for International Development(USAID)has launched a special call for the submission of partnership concept papers focused on advancing the success and achieving the goals of Power Africa under existing Global Development Alliance Program.

In 2013, President Obama launched the Power Africa and Trade Africa Initiatives as a new U.S. government (USG) effort to support economic growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Power Africa is a whole-of-government effort involving many agencies and departments.

Power Africa will help accelerate power generation, transmission, and expand distribution in focus countries in SSA by aligning commitments of those countries with the commitments made by private sector partners to increase investments in the power sector. USAID, together with the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) such as the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank (WB), as well as other donors, will facilitate and support investments and reform efforts that together will expand the availability of power for sustainable economic growth.

Power Africa Approach

Transaction Focus
Committing to reforms
Delivering Results and Effective Implementation
Mobilizing Finance and the Private Sector
Increasing Cross-Border Electricity and Energy Trade
Enhancing Capacity for Low Emission Development Strategies
Clean Energy Focus

Grants

USAID contributions to partnerships awarded under this addendum could range from USD $250,000 to $5million over the life of the award.
The number of awards and amount of available funding is subject to change.

Priorities