Expression of Interest For Private Sector Assessment, Mapping & Screening Of Private Sector Actors In Four Regions Of Ethiopia

Expression of Interest are invited for Private Sector Assessment, Mapping & Screening of Private Sector Actors in four Regions of Ethiopia IFC/FCS Africa department hosts the Africa Fragility Initiative (AFI) and the Forced Displacement (FDP) Programs. The AFI is a 5-year advisory/upstream initiative aimed at supporting private sector development across 32 fragile African countries. AFI aims to enable more private sector investments in markets where the cost of doing business is high and where numerous operational challenges today inhibit private sector activity. It is intended to support IFC achieve its Capital Increase commitments in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS). AFI has developed a specific approach to identify high potential businesses or Local Champions in FCS countries to support IFCs engagement with the domestic private sector. The FDP program aims to achieve sustainable improvements in the economic livelihoods of forcibly displaced persons (FDPs) and host communities in Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt and Uganda. It does this by enhancing private sector activities and delivering investments supported by concessional financing in refugee-hosting areas to address the market gaps and build opportunities that benefit both host communities and FDPs/refugees. AFI and FDP proposes to utilize the IFCs Local Champions approach (LCI) to identify high potential domestic sponsors working with refugees and/or operating in refugee-hosting areas of Ethiopia specifically Somali, Gambella, Benishangul - Gumuz, and Afar regions of the country. These efforts aim to support the implementation of IFCs country strategy in Ethiopia which focuses on proactively developing new investment projects, supporting public-private partnerships that promote economic growth, and mobilizing direct investments to key sectors of the economy, including agribusiness, financial services, health and education, infrastructure, manufacturing, and tourism. Therefore, IFC is seeking to procure a firm to conduct a private sector assessment and mapping and screening of private sector actors in Somali, Gambella, Benishangul - Gumuz, and Afar regions of Ethiopia. Tender Link : https://wbgeprocure-rfxnow.worldbank.org/rfxnow/public/advertisement/3925/view.html

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