Framework Agreement to support the activities of the EIB in the Africa Digital Transformation Initiative (ADTI)

Item Description:

The European Investment Bank (EIB) aims at establishing framework agreements with specialised service providers to support the activities of the EIB Project Directorate by providing institutional support to digital economy policy and initiatives in Sub-Saharan countries in the form of capacity building. The individual assignments, which will have medium to long term implications, will span across four main themes of the Africa Digital Transformation TA:

• Policy: contribution to the development of a National Digital Economy Strategy;
• Elaborate business plans for Digital infrastructure requirements (may include PPPs);
• Provision of support with regards to developing Cybersecurity policy and action plans;
• Support business planning for digital transformation, entrepreneurship and digital economy based growth.

General Information and objectives

The scope of the Framework Agreement is to provide the EIB Project Directorate specialised support by Service Providers in the delivery of a number of high-quality consultancy assignments related to the local development of a Digital Economy in eligible Sub-Saharan Africa countries under its ACP-EU Partnership Agreement.

The EIB provides advisory services to ACP States authorities and project promoters, aiming at supporting the implementation of EIB funded investment projects. The framework Agreement objective is to support the elaboration of Digital Economy policies and business plans to be financed by the EIB. The European Investment Bank (“EIB”) is the European Union’s long-term financing institution. As the world’s largest multilateral lender, it focuses particularly on the value added it can bring to the projects it finances.

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