Private Sector Needs Assessment

The project contributed to strengthen the activities of the African Project Development Facility (APDF) - a World Bank structure for the promotion of the private sector - and included the following activities:

• Survey of the private sector needs in terms of access to funding and consultancy services;
• Analysis of the local industry of consultancy services and assessment of their needs;
• Analysis of the local industry of financial services and assessment of their needs;
• Identification of local consultants who would be able to prepare and operate databases of SME, financial institutions, SME support programmes;
• Development of an Action Plan for the APDF in each of the three countries.

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