Implementation: ECOWAS commissions a consortium of firms

Project implementation ROGEAP: lECOWAS commits group of firms for provide technical and financial assistance to companies off-grid solar PV companies and financial institutions in the 19 project countries. As part of the implementation of the Regional Project for Access to EducationElectricity Access Project (ROGEAP)thement TSC Global/Intech-GOPA/AFC/BB and Co a officially signed a contract this Tuesday 1^er August 2023 Abuja (Nigeria) as Project Fund Manager (PFM) from project ROGEAP « . La signing ceremony from service contractOur services took place in the presence of Mr Amara S. SACKOR CEO/PResident of TSC GLOBAL and representing the group and of Commissioner Sédiko DOUKA in charge of Infrastructure and Energy and Digitisation and Chairman of the Chairman of the Steering Committee for the ‘ROGEAP’ project. Following a procurement process in accordance with the donor’s procedures, the TSC Global/Intech-GOPA/AFC/BB and Co. has been selected by the ECOWAS Commission as the ROGEAP Fund Manager to provide technical and financial assistance to the private sector, as well as to commercial banks and microfinance institutions in the countries covered by the project, in support of the Project Management Unit (PMU) based in Abuja and the BOAD in Lomé. Comprising a number of companies specialising in financial support and environmental and social risk management for independent companies in the solar energy sector, the » ROGEAP's Project Fund Manager(PFM) is primarily responsible for supporting ECOWAS in implementing the project: sub-component A (b): support for the development of the regional ecosystem for the sustainable growth of the off-grid industry, the sub-component A (c) sharing market information and facilitating dialogue between stakeholders, the sub-component A (d): to boost regional demand through consumer awareness and promotional campaigns, and the sub-component A (e) Removing supply-side constraints by building the capacity of commercial financial institutions and other relevant stakeholders. The » ROGEAP’s Project Fund Manager will also be involved in the implementation of sub-component 1-B: technical support for capacity-building within the company, characterised by tailored support throughout the company’s development lifecycle (start-up, initial phase, growth and maturity), the subcomponent 1-C financial support for companies through a catalytic subsidy to support a critical mass of entrepreneurs in the development of solar products, business models, etc., and the subcomponent 1-D Removing barriers to difficult markets through two types of subsidy: market entry subsidies and performance-based subsidies. Also present at the contract signing ceremony were Mr EL Hadji SYLLA, Senior Adviser and Coordinator of the ‘ROGEAP’, the Executive Assistant to the Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalisation, and PFM associate members and experts. As a reminder, the ‘ROGEAP’ was launched in 2017 under the name ‘Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project’ (ROGEP), before being restructured and relaunched in November 2020 by ECOWAS and its technical and financial partners under its current name, the ‘Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project’ (ROGEAP). ’ It aims to increase access to sustainable electricity services in the fifteen ECOWAS member states and four other sub-Saharan African countries (Mauritania, the Central African Republic, Cameroon and Chad) for households, commercial enterprises, public health, education and community infrastructure through off-grid solar systems, all based on a harmonised regional approach. The project is managed by a Steering Committee comprising representatives from the ECOWAS Commission, BOAD and the World Bank. The USD 338.7 million project is funded by the World Bank, the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Dutch Development Cooperation (DGIS). The ECOWAS Commission, the ECREEE () and the West African Development Bank (BOAD) are responsible for implementing the project, focusing respectively on the development of a regional market and access to finance for off-grid solar systems. ECOWAS press release