Sub-Saharan Africa Region - Private Infrastructure Projects

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This page provides a snapshot of infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries by developing region. Projects included are management or lease contracts, concessions, greenfield projects, and divestitures. The database contains more than 4,300 projects dating from 1984 to 2008.
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Highlights

Featured Indicator, 1990-2008	Value
Infrastructure Sectors Reported	Energy,Telecom,Transport,Water and sewerage
Number of countries with private participation	45
Projects reaching financial closure	371
Sector with largest investment share	Telecom (75%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investment	Greenfield project (67%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projects	Greenfield project (55%)
Projects cancelled or under distress	34 representing 3% of total investment

Number of Projects by Primary Sector

Financial Closure Year	Energy	Telecom	Transport	Water and Sewerage	Total
1990	1	0	1	0	2
1991	1	0	1	1	3
1992	0	3	0	1	4
1993	3	3	2	1	9
1994	4	3	2	0	9
1995	3	10	2	1	16
1996	4	9	4	1	18
1997	6	17	5	0	28
1998	5	15	7	1	28
1999	7	13	6	5	31
2000	5	18	5	1	29
2001	7	16	2	4	29
2002	3	3	1	2	9
2003	7	9	9	1	26
2004	4	10	5	0	19
2005	12	6	21	1	40
2006	11	10	7	2	30
2007	7	15	2	2	26
2008	7	3	3	2	15
Grand Total	97	163	85	26	371

Investment in Projects by Primary Sector (US$ million)

Investment Year	Energy	Telecom	Transport	Water and Sewerage	Total Investment
1990	40	0	0	0	40
1991	0	0	0	0	0
1992	0	20	0	0	20
1993	0	1	0	0	1
1994	76	553	49	0	678
1995	77	677	63	0	817
1996	428	961	28	20	1,437
1997	754	1,755	469	0	2,978
1998	715	1,467	336	0	2,517
1999	537	2,846	1,087	82	4,553
2000	451	2,787	181	31	3,450
2001	713	4,049	484	3	5,250
2002	484	3,635	78	0	4,196
2003	1,297	4,715	280	9	6,301
2004	56	4,512	223	0	4,792
2005	1,359	4,918	2,472	0	8,749
2006	616	7,028	4,179	0	11,823
2007	1,192	10,336	205	121	11,853
2008	522	11,727	1,255	0	13,504
Grand Total	9,315	61,988	11,389	266	82,958

Total Projects by Primary Sector and Subsector (US$ million)

Primary Sector	Subsector	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy	Electricity	91	7,254
	Natural Gas	7	2,249
Total Energy		98	9,503
Telecom	Telecom	163	61,003
Total Telecom		163	61,003
Transport	Airports	11	495
	Railroads	20	4,769
	Roads	11	2,238
	Seaports	44	3,904
Total Transport		86	11,407
Water and sewerage	Treatment plant	4	133
	Utility	22	134
Total Water and sewerage		26	266
Grand Total	..	373	82,178

Number of Projects by Type

Most infrastructure projects with private participation fit in one of these four categories. But the boundaries between these categories are not always clear, and some projects have features of more than one category. In these cases projects have been classified in the category that better reflects the risk borne by the private sector.

Financial Closure Year	Concession	Divestiture	Greenfield	Management and lease contract	Total
1990	1	0	0	1	2
1991	1	0	0	2	3
1992	0	1	2	1	4
1993	0	0	3	6	9
1994	1	0	6	2	9
1995	3	3	8	2	16
1996	1	1	11	5	18
1997	2	5	18	3	28
1998	3	2	22	1	28
1999	5	2	19	5	31
2000	4	4	19	2	29
2001	1	7	16	5	29
2002	1	0	4	4	9
2003	11	0	10	5	26
2004	5	1	11	2	19
2005	23	1	14	2	40
2006	5	4	17	4	30
2007	3	6	16	1	26
2008	3	1	9	2	15
Grand Total	73	38	205	55	371

Investment in Projects by Type (US$ million)

Investment Year	Concession	Divestiture	Greenfield	Management and lease contract	Total Investment
1990	40	0	0	0	40
1991	0	0	0	0	0
1992	0	0	20	0	20
1993	0	0	1	0	1
1994	31	0	647	0	678
1995	103	65	650	0	817
1996	28	408	977	24	1,437
1997	720	1,441	817	0	2,978
1998	27	1,148	1,343	0	2,517
1999	1,041	1,787	1,693	32	4,553
2000	493	1,517	1,440	1	3,450
2001	70	2,007	3,169	3	5,250
2002	99	1,088	3,009	0	4,196
2003	298	1,542	4,452	9	6,301
2004	243	1,112	3,401	36	4,792
2005	2,794	380	5,576	0	8,749
2006	936	1,683	9,205	0	11,823
2007	305	2,491	9,057	0	11,853
2008	1,255	2,184	10,065	0	13,504
Grand Total	8,482	18,852	55,519	105	82,958

Total Projects by Primary Sector and Type (US$ million)

Primary Sector	Type of PPI	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy	Concession	17	1,899
	Divestiture	8	1,310
	Greenfield project	55	6,101
	Management and lease contract	17	5
Total Energy		97	9,315
Telecom	Divestiture	27	17,373
	Greenfield project	134	44,615
	Management and lease contract	2	0
Total Telecom		163	61,988
Transport	Concession	54	6,506
	Divestiture	3	169
	Greenfield project	14	4,671
	Management and lease contract	14	42
Total Transport		85	11,389
Water and sewerage	Concession	2	76
	Greenfield project	2	133
	Management and lease contract	22	57
Total Water and sewerage		26	266
Grand Total	..	371	82,958

Total Projects Combined Electric and Water (US$ million)

This table reports projects with private participation that provide both electricity and water services. These projects are reported with energy as primary sector to avoid project double-counting in sector data and because energy services usually account for most of the committed investment.

Type of PPI	Project Count	Total Investment
Concession	3	660
Divestiture	1	0
Management and lease contract	8	0
Grand Total	12	660

Total Projects Cancelled or Distressed by Primary Sector & Type (US$ million)

Primary Sector	Type of PPI	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy	Concession	5	504
	Divestiture	1	0
	Greenfield project	2	325
	Management and lease contract	3	0
Total Energy		11	829
Telecom	Divestiture	4	573
	Greenfield project	11	508
	Management and lease contract	1	0
Total Telecom		16	1,081
Transport	Concession	1	47
	Divestiture	1	166
	Management and lease contract	2	0
Total Transport		4	212
Water and sewerage		3	9
Total Water and sewerage		3	9
Grand Total	..	34	2,132

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