POWER AFRICA TRANSACTIONS AND REFORMS PROGRAM FINAL REPORT POWER AFRICA TRANSACTIONS AND REFORMS PROGRAM FINAL REPORT DECEMBER 2019 Submitted by: O. LLYR ROWLANDS, CHIEF OF PARTY TETRA TECH ES, INC. 1320 N. COURTHOUSE ROAD, SUITE 600 ARLINGTON, VA 22201 EMAIL:
[email protected] CONTRACT NUMBER: AID-623-C-14-00003 MAY 23, 2014 TO NOVEMBER 23, 2019 DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Tetra Tech ES, Inc. Photo by Ryan Kilpatrick CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 2. INTRODUCTION 6 East Africa 9 Liberia 73 Djibouti 19 Nigeria 79 Ethiopia 23 Senegal 88 Kenya 31 Southern Africa 95 3. RESULTS 9 Rwanda 44 Angola 98 Tanzania 49 Malawi 101 West Africa 56 Zambia 103 Ghana 65 Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) 107 Power Africa Tracking Tool (PATT) 109 4. SUPPORT TO THE Power Africa Partners 110 COORDINATOR’S Gender Integration 111 Environmental and Social Due Diligence 113 OFFICE 107 Communications 117 Strategy Documents 121 5. CHALLENGES & Challenges 124 LESSONS Lessons Learned 125 LEARNED 124 6. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE POWER AFRICA SUPPORT 128 APPENDIX A: PATRP RESULTS 135 APPENDIX B: PATRP ACRONYMS 144 PATRP FINAL REPORT 1 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Launched in 2013, Power Africa is This final report details PATRP’s activities during contract implementation (May 2014 to November 2019), a U.S. Government-led partnership, which included transaction advisory support for power coordinated by the United generation projects, assistance to off-grid electrification efforts, energy sector policy and regulatory support to States Agency for International African governments, and a range of other work streams Development (USAID), that brings designed to achieve Power Africa’s goals.