On March 27-28, 2019, CLDP launched an 18-month initiative to support the development of Ethiopias newly established Public Private Partnership (PPP) office.

Understanding Power Project Procurement

In September 2017, CLDP (in partnership with the African Legal Support Facility) brought together a group of world-class experts to draft the third handbook in Power Africa's "Understanding" series, Understanding Power Project Procurement. The newest Power...

On April 9-11, CLDP hosted a workshop for representatives from Benin, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea, Togo and Niger.The three-day workshop featured an in-depth explanation of the procurement of power projects using the Understanding Series handbooks and case-studies of best...

From July 11-12, CLDP co-led a workshop on combating counterfeiting in Mali using technology to verify the authenticity of products, in coordination with International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and Sproxil.

OnJuly 26 and 27, CLDP led a regional capacity-building workshop for francophone West African countries on Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Negotiation and Power Project Tenders in Cotonou, Benin.

As part of CLDPs ongoing support for Power Africa, CLDP held a workshop on private investment in power generation projects in Nairobi, Kenya on April 5th and 6th. The workshop was implemented in partnership with Power Africas project finance expert and the Africa Development Bank and will include...

 

In February 2016, CLDP (in partnership with the African Legal Support Facility) again brought together a group of world-class experts to draft the second handbook in Power Africa's "Understanding" series, Understanding Power Project Financing. This new handbook is intended to provide decision...

CLDP has been tasked, as part of Power Africa, to improve the legal and regulatory environment for developing and maintaining power projects in the African market. On November 10-11, 2015, CLDP will host a 2-day Workshop on The Credit Support Question: Challenges and Solutions to the Financing of...

CLDP held programs to launch the handbook -Understanding Power Purchase Agreementson July 29-30, 2015 in Dar es Salaam, on August 10-11, 2015 in Abuja, Nigeria, and on September 23-25, 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya. The handbook which was drafted in early November 2014 (in partnership with the African...

On March 26th in Johannesburg, South Africa, CLDP Chief Counsel Stephen Gardner led a launch event to introduce the recently published Understanding Power Purchase Agreements handbook to the South African power sector.