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 primary sector. Projects include management or lease contracts, concessions, greenfield projects, and divestitures. The database contains almost 5,000 projects dating from 1984 to 2011.
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Highlights

Featured Indicator, 1990-2011	Value
Infrastructure Sectors Reported	Energy,Telecom,Transport,Water and sewerage
Number of countries with private participation	47
Projects reaching financial closure	436
Sector with largest investment share	Telecom (78%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investment	Greenfield project (72%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projects	Greenfield project (58%)
Projects cancelled or under distress	48 representing 5% 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	13	6	22	1	42
2006	12	12	8	2	34
2007	9	16	2	2	29
2008	8	3	3	2	16
2009	11	5	4	0	20
2010	7	7	3	0	17
2011	9	6	3	0	18
Grand Total	129	184	97	26	436

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	1,435	4,918	2,549	0	8,902
2006	675	7,131	4,239	0	12,045
2007	1,410	10,406	245	121	12,181
2008	560	11,810	1,255	0	13,625
2009	805	11,507	912	0	13,224
2010	472	12,025	250	0	12,746
2011	1,495	9,040	851	0	11,387
Grand Total	12,477	94,815	13,579	266	121,138

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

Primary Sector	Subsector	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy		1	0
	Electricity	122	7,856
	Natural Gas	7	2,249
Total Energy		130	10,104
Telecom	..	1	0
	Telecom	183	82,619
Total Telecom		184	82,619
Transport	Airports	13	495
	Railroads	20	4,769
	Roads	13	2,502
	Seaports	52	4,629
Total Transport		98	12,395
Water and sewerage	Treatment plant	4	133
	Utility	22	134
Total Water and sewerage		26	266
Grand Total	..	438	105,385

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	4	7	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	5	4	18	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	16	2	42
2006	5	4	21	4	34
2007	3	6	19	1	29
2008	3	1	10	2	16
2009	2	1	17	0	20
2010	3	3	9	2	17
2011	3	0	15	0	18
Grand Total	82	43	254	57	436

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	85	630	0	817
1996	28	417	968	24	1,437
1997	720	1,450	808	0	2,978
1998	27	1,156	1,334	0	2,517
1999	1,041	1,796	1,684	32	4,553
2000	503	1,525	1,421	1	3,450
2001	70	2,016	3,160	3	5,250
2002	99	1,097	3,000	0	4,196
2003	298	1,551	4,443	9	6,301
2004	243	1,112	3,401	36	4,792
2005	2,794	380	5,729	0	8,902
2006	936	1,683	9,426	0	12,045
2007	305	2,491	9,385	0	12,181
2008	1,255	2,184	10,186	0	13,625
2009	423	1,900	10,901	0	13,224
2010	250	2,500	9,996	0	12,746
2011	486	761	10,140	0	11,387
Grand Total	9,650	24,103	87,279	105	121,138

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

Primary Sector	Type of PPI	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy	Concession	18	2,029
	Divestiture	8	1,310
	Greenfield project	85	9,134
	Management and lease contract	18	5
Total Energy		129	12,477
Telecom	Divestiture	32	22,623
	Greenfield project	149	72,191
	Management and lease contract	3	0
Total Telecom		184	94,815
Transport	Concession	62	7,545
	Divestiture	3	169
	Greenfield project	18	5,822
	Management and lease contract	14	42
Total Transport		97	13,579
Water and sewerage	Concession	2	76
	Greenfield project	2	133
	Management and lease contract	22	57
Total Water and sewerage		26	266
Grand Total	..	436	121,138

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	6	798
	Divestiture	1	0
	Greenfield project	5	419
	Management and lease contract	3	0
Total Energy		15	1,218
Telecom	Divestiture	8	2,210
	Greenfield project	13	1,502
	Management and lease contract	1	0
Total Telecom		22	3,712
Transport	Concession	4	615
	Divestiture	1	166
	Greenfield project	1	200
	Management and lease contract	2	0
Total Transport		8	980
Water and sewerage		3	9
Total Water and sewerage		3	9
Grand Total	..	48	5,918

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