Ciprel IV, Ivory Coast: advising the IFC and the private and institutional
lenders on the expansion of the thermal power plant.
Azito, Ivory Coast: advising the IFC and the private and institutional lenders
in the Azito, Ivory Coast thermal power plant project in 1998 and again for the
expansion project (phase III) in 2012. The Azito energy project was a major
infrastructure project in Sub-Saharan Africa; it was the first to mobilise
finance from commercial banks and benefit from the World Bank’s guarantee
through its partial risk guarantee facility.
StarEnergie, Ivory Coast: study with a view to structuring the financing of a
project to enable a factory to operate with solar energy.
Reform of the Ivory Coast energy and electricity sector: advising the Ivorian
Government in connection with the reform of the sector, including: (i)
privatisation of Energie Electrique de Côte d'Ivoire (EECI) and creation of the
Compagnie Ivoirienne d’Electricité (CIE) in 1990, (ii) assistance with the
public service concession agreement between the State and the CIE in 1991, (iii)
advising on the reform measures for the sector adopted and implemented by the
Ivorian Government in 1997 and 1998, (iv) putting in place the legal and
financial aspects of the “Electricity for All” project, together with E&Y
(2016-2017) and (v) liberalisation of the electricity sector, together with PwC.