Swaziland - Technical Assistance aimed at promoting investment in the electricity supply industry to expand reliable energy supplies and enhance the country’s electricity access rate

Project Summary

Approval Date	08 Dec 2014
Signature Date	08 Jun 2015
Planned Completion Date	01 Oct 2018
Last Disbursement Planned Date	30 Sep 2018
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Power
DAC Sector Code	23230
Commitment	U.A 717,652
Status	Completion

Project General Description

The Energy Sector Support Project is designed by the Kingdom of Swaziland with the support of the African Development Bank. This project consist of the following components: (i) Develop and implement a comprehensive a wind and solar resource measurement program for the country with the main aim of producing solar and wind resource maps and atlases and capacity building in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy; (ii) Review and Update of the National Energy Policy and the National Energy Policy Implementation Strategy; and (iii) Prefeasibility study of a potential cascading hydro power scheme on the Ngwempisi River.

Project Objectives

The main objectives of this project are to support investment in electricity supply infrastructure; this will improve the security of energy supply and improve the rate of access to electricity, thus helping the country achieve its Vision 2022 goals.

Beneficiaries

The project will benefit the Government of Swaziland and energy sector stakeholders.

Participating Organization

Funding

Middle Income Countries Fund

Extending

Government Of Swaziland

Implementing

Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy / Energy Department (DoE)

Implementing

GOVERNMENT OF SWAZILAND MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Extending

Government of Eswatini

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-SZ-FF0-001
Last Update	25 Mar 2023

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Contact Details

Name	Seaga Abram MOLEPO
Email	s.molepo@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Eswatini

Coordinates	Location Name
-26.5 31.5	Swaziland

Project Classification

Finance Type	Aid Grant Excluding Debt Reorganisation
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Other Technical Assistance

Commitments

U.A 717,652

Government Of Swaziland

U.A 44,429

Middle Income Countries Fund

U.A 717,652

Disbursements

Document Type	Language	Document
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at january 2020
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2015 to 2020 as at february 2021
Contract	en	Contract award - Swaziland - Review and Analysis of Wind and Solar Data and Capacity
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2012 TO 2017 AS AT OCT 2017
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT JAN 2019
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at october 2019
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT SEPT 2018
Contract	en	Contract Award - Swaziland - Review of the national energy policy and the update of the national energy policy implementation strategy
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2011 TO 2016 AS AT JANUARY 2017
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2012 TO 2017 AS AT MAY 2017-1-1
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT APRIL 2019
Evaluation Report	en	PN10867 SR EN
Expression of interest	en	EOI - Swaziland - Consulting services by firm - Pre-feasibility Study for Ngwempisi Hydro Power Cascading Scheme – 03 2015
Expression of interest	en	EOI - Swaziland - Consultancy Services for the Review of the National Energy Policy – 05 2015
Expression of interest	en	EOI - Swaziland - Consulting Services - Review and Analysis of Wind and Solar Data and Capacity Building – 05 2015
General Procurement Notice	en	GPN – Swaziland - Energy Sector Support Project – 12 2014
Project Completion Report	en	PR10983 SR EN
Project Completion Report	en	viewer
Project Completion Report	fr	viewer

Indicator	Indicator Measure	Target Year	Target Value	Actual Year	Actual Value
Increased power generation capacity from the private sector	MW	2014	155.0	2019	106.0
Increased electricity generation from renewable energy sources	MW	2014	300.0	2019	166.0
Reduced reliance on imported power	%	2014	50.0	2019	80.0
Hydropower plant prefeasibility Study Report	Number	2014	1.0	2019	1.0
Solar and wind resource monitoring program	Number	2014	1.0	2019	1.0
Skills transfer on analysis of data for the development of solar and wind atlases	Number	2014	10.0	2019	1.0
Updated Energy Policy and Implementation Strategy	Number	2014	2.0	2019	2.0
Audit Reports	Number	2014	3.0	2019	1.0